This is our whole family. The first on the left is my son Peter, beside him is my grandson Tomas and his mother Maria. Fourth from the left is my husband Otto Schvalb. The first on the right is my grandson Michal, sitting beside him is my other son Ivan. I'm third from the right, and beside me are my grandsons Michal and Alexander.
My husband is named Otto Schvalb, he was born on 1st April 1925. There's an age difference of 11 years between us. He was born in Presov. My husband graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Prague, in dentistry. For some time he worked at a clinic in Kosice, but he eventually returned to his parents. He specialized in periodontology. He worked his way up to senior periodontological consultant.
In 1957 my first son, Ivan Schvalb, was born. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, specializing in allergology. He has a private practice here in Presov. His wife Ludmila is a high school teacher. They have two sons. Michal is 21 and is a student of political science at the local university. The younger, Martin, is 14 and is currently attending high school in Presov. Our younger son, Peter Schvalb, was born in 1960. He graduated from the Faculty of Food Hygiene at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice. For many years now, he has been working for a company named Imuna in Sarisske Michalany as director of sales. His wife Maria graduated from medicine, and has a private allergology practice. She's half Jewish. Her father is Jewish. According to halakhah she's not Jewish, but otherwise she takes after her father. My grandchildren say that they're three-quarters Jewish. They also have two sons, both of them are in high school. The older, Tomas, is 15, and the younger, who's named Alexander after my husband's father, is 13.
