The Paikin Genealogy Project is 10 years old and after years of extensive research several Paikin branches have been found (with about 3,000 names) and some Paikin-branches have been linked to each other and other possible links have been revealed. Due to the various spellings of name as well as name changes over the years and across borders there are some persons that cannot be identified with certainty and thus cannot be linked to the any of the now known Paikin-branches.
The oldest known ancestor was born around 1748 and what is more important is the fact that the Paikin name is found BEFORE surnames were made mandatory in the region where most of the early Paikins are found: Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania.
It is therefore to be presumed that ALL Paikins are related - also when coming from other areas(countries.