Mar 17, 2007, Chicago When Yelena Sinitsyn , great-granddaughter of Mendel "Mark" Klionsky of Baku-Tel Aviv , who lives near New York City, recently learned that she would have to take a business trip to Chicago - a city she'd never visited before - she decided to take her husband Michael and son Daniel along with her, go a few days early, see the city, and have a chance to meet her third and fourth cousins living there: Matthew Klionsky and Eugene Klionsky .

Matthew's wife Susan and daughters Abby, Naomi, and Devora were also part of the dinner and conversation.