Religion Question

[u/CabezadeVaca_]

Growing up I was told that my grandmother had Slovak ancestry, but looking at our tree it shows her grandmother being baptized at a “Ukranian Catholic Church”, which seems odd considering that most Slovaks are Roman Catholic. I have attached some modern pictures of the church.

Additionally all of her known ancestors seem to be concentrated a few km south of Svidnik and on ancestry tests, she scores some regions that seem to vindicate that paper trail.

So for the main question, is it possible that we actually have Rusyn ancestry rather than Slovak?

[u/WAAZKOR]

Being Eastern Catholic vs Roman Catholic is a pretty good indicator of being Rusyn. Where did your grandmother move to in the US?

[u/CabezadeVaca_ → u/WAAZKOR]

Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania. The Ukranian church in question is St. Mary’s in a town called McAdoo, PA.

[u/WAAZKOR → u/CabezadeVaca_]

I certainly cant give a definitive answer, but it seems extremely likely you have Rusyn ancestry.