What is "bernays"

Bernays is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Isaac Bernays (1792–1849), a German rabbi, and father of:
  • Jakob Bernays (1824–1881), a German classical linguist
  • Michael Bernays (1834–1897), a German literature historian
    • Martha Bernays (1861–1951), granddaughter of Isaac Bernays and wife of Sigmund Freud
    • Paul Bernays (1888–1977), a Swiss mathematician born in London, a great-grandson of Isaac
      • Edward Bernays (1891–1995), nephew of Sigmund Freud, great-grandson of Isaac Bernays and the "father of public relations"
        • Anne Bernays (born 1930), daughter of Edward Bernays and American novelist Doris E. Fleischman
• Adolphus Bernays (1795–1864), professor of German in London, brother of Isaac
  • Lewis Adolphus Bernays (1831–1908), a public servant and agricultural writer in Australia (son of Adolphus and a nephew of Isaac Bernays)
    • Robert Bernays (1902–1945), Liberal MP, great-grandson of Adolphus Bernays