more on the manalist propaganda

Several of the big figures that the Manalists hold up as being proof of their ownership of the mesorah are:

The Steipler - his father was a Chernobler chossid, davened nusach Ari.

Rav Chaim, his son, wore a gartel. 

Reb Moshe Feinstein - his father grew up Chassidic and his grandfather was Chassidic.

Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky - his mother grew up in a Chabad home.

Reb Moshe:

Yisrael Asper 1/30/05   #279278    In the introduction of the eighth volume of Rav Moshe FEINSTEIN's Egros Moshe it says on page 6 which is a part of the biography of his life that his father's father was a Koidanover Chassid and so was Rav Moshe FEINSTEIN's own father but that in order that Rav Moshe FEINSTEIN's father could marry with the approval of her father who was from a line of fervently Misnagdic rabbis, Rav Moshe FEINSTEIN's mother he had to stop being a Chassid. This was agreed upon by both of Rav Moshe FEINSTEIN's grandfathers. It seems a little liberal that the marriage was able to go through since Rav Moshe FEINSTEIN's father's ancestor's brother the Vilna Gaon and other Misnagdim would not have wanted to have anything to do with a Chassid. Being Chassidic ever just cut you >from the family tree so what important ancestry could you boast of anymore to get you into families which care about such things. My own ancestor the Noda Byehuda though a sharp Misnaged himself befriended and respected certain Chassidic Rebbes and surprisingly the Maggid of Dubna who was a close friend of the Vilna Gaon also had respect towards Chassidim who he felt were worthy.