Paul O. Zelinsky: Hello, my name is Paul O. Zelinsky. There aren't a lot of people named Zelinsky in this country, but there are some, and I'm related to almost none of them. My grandfather escaped from Russia and came to the United States in 1916. If he hadn't he would've been drafted into the Tzar's army to fight in World War One, where he almost certainly would've died, and I wouldn't be here now.

But, he wasn't the first in his family to come to this country, he was the second. A few years earlier, his cousin had arrived, and came through Ellis island in New York on his way to Chicago. This cousin's last name was Zeliconic. But for some reason, between arriving at the immigration center and being released as an immigrant, his name got changed to Zelinsky.

The cousin moved to Chicago, and then when my grandfather arrived, there was no question what he would do, he wanted to have the same name as his cousin, so he became a Zelinsky too. And that's why I am one.