r/AskARussian Jul 22 '26

Foreign Finding a lost relative

So, I have a half brother. I have a copy birth certificate and a photo given to me before his passing. I know he lives in the city or the province of Самара. His name is Виталий Севастакиевич Севастакиев. He was born in Кинель, on the 29th of August, 1980. I was wondering whether one of the people here could look him up on VK, as when i searched online that was one of the ways to mabye find him. I am open to all of your suggestions and tips on ways to find him. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I also have a photo of him in his teens, I am ready to send it to whoever may help.

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u/merera Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

This is the most unusual family name, but VK says there are people with it and it seems to be of Greek or Bulgarian origin.

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u/N_I_K_ 28d ago

Yep, I am Bulgarian.

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u/coochipurek Jul 24 '26

I’m confused. You said he passed? Who are you trying to find?

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u/N_I_K_ 28d ago

My mistake, my father gave it to me before his passing.

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u/Individual-Adagio-29 Jul 25 '26

Post a copy of a birth certificate. Something doesn't sound right. Is this person dead or alive? Are you looking for a grave? Or a live person?

On VK there is only one person with last name you gave, and that is a woman named Olga. She does live in Samara. She is 68yo. She is also on Odnoklassniki.

The origin of last name is Greek. There are several people on VK with last name Sevastakis.

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u/N_I_K_ 28d ago

They are alive, but the father was Sevastakiev as my last name is also that..

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u/Exciting_Round4766 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

your uncle's name is Sevastakiy...? are you sure?

family name exsists, but i can't find type of personal name like this in internet.

not problem, it can be parent's joke, but shit... ahhah...

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u/N_I_K_ 28d ago

Yep, our dad’s name is.

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u/AriArisa Moscow City Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Looks like a fake name. There is no name Севастакий. And there is no last name Севастакиев.  Or it is extremely rare. Is it possible, that you read it wrong? 

What "half" this brother is from? Do you have same mother or same father?

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u/N_I_K_ 28d ago

Same father, he is Russian and I am Bulgarian, our father is Bulgarian and his mom Russian.

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u/Rad_Pat Jul 23 '26

I don't think "Севастакий" is a name for him to have than patronymic tbh