---
title: "Yovel Yovel"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/yovel-yovel/
lang: en
work: "The Smud Family: A Jewish Family History from Ludza, Latvia to Entre Ríos, Argentina"
author: "Mateo Smud"
licence: CC0-1.0
summary: "Dvorka's paternal grandfather. He appears with the same given name and surname, which is often a sign of incomplete data."
---
# Yovel Yovel

**Evidence status: documented.** Dvorka's paternal grandfather. He appears with the same given name and surname, which is often a sign of incomplete data.

1745 · Dvorka's grandfather

## Summary

- Born: 1745

## Family

- Father: Zalman Yovel — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/zalman-yovel/
- Mother: Blume — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/blume/
- Married: Rouza — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/rouza/
- Children: Mordechai Yovel — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/mordechai-yovel/

## What is known

“Yovel Yovel” is the kind of record worth viewing with suspicion: when the given name and the surname are identical, one of them has usually been lost and someone filled the gap by repeating the other.

## Where this comes from

- Chaim Freedman's work (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#freedman
- FamilySearch (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#familysearch

## In FamilySearch's collaborative tree (not a source)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/PX8K-H48

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The Smud Family · genealogical research by Mateo Smud, published under CC0 1.0. Machine index: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/llms.txt