Early Vybornys are almost uniformly described as thin
rather than stout, often being taller than average. A
definite tendency to long rather than round faces has
also been recorded, Many family members had distinctive
facial creases on aging extending from the eyes, along
the nose, to the edges of the mouth.
No hereditary or familial disease is known to track
with the Vyborny name or with Vyborny descendants. Many
early Vyborny's lived to advanced years during ages in
which life expectancy in Central Europe was hardly 40
years. As was common for the time, many Vybornys died of
respiratory disease. It is known today that certain
family members have mild, adult onset, asthma although it
is not clear that the incidence is greater than that in
the population at large.
Although there is little reason to doubt
Josef(*1864)'s basic assessment that family members
tended for the most part to be of “quiet character, well
disposed to good humor and high spiritedness” definite
exceptions exist. Many Vybornys were in fact very strong
minded and strong willed. This is particularly the case
for individuals from the
Libenice line from whom many of the Wybornys and
Wyborneys in the United States are descended. Jan (*1811)
Vyborny and his brothers were close associates of
the Czech patriot (or revolutionary, depending on ones
perspective) Karel Havlicek Borovsky. Many Vyborny
ancestors also displayed the ambivalence for Catholicism
that is common in Bohemia. In some instances family
members were outspoken
evangelical Protestants showing in extreme cases
even outright antagonism to the Catholic faith.
Above average intelligence has been noted as a feature
of Vybornys (although most families would tell you the
same thing). Many Vyborny descendants are presently scientists,
physicians and lawyers. In what is perhaps a faint echo
of the analytical skills of Vyborny/Cernik, at least 5 of
the 250 heads of households having the Vyborny name or
its alternative spellings hold Ph.D.'s in the physical or
mathematical sciences, a proportion that is perhaps 20
times greater than that in the population at large.
Contact:
cv@vyborny.com
Last updated: Feb 15, 1999
