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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:02 PM Original message |
What's the origin of your surname? |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. While not asking you to post your surname |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ireland |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Mine is not good. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Hard to imagine |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Choice quote: |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So was John the Baptist |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. scottish |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Drinking buddy and wine steward to the king |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. It got mine wrong. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. My surname is also from Ireland. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dutch/German |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. my maiden name is unmistakably German, though the site |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Scotland |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's not listed there |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Scottish Border Family |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I don't understand the motto on mine... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Virtue is the engineer of valor? |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. I already knew this, but here it is. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Most likely English |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Scottish |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. English who fought at the Battle of Hastings and then years later moved to Scotland. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. My grandfather on my mother's side has some Scots-Irish in him... |
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Ramsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. English |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Prussian/German. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. This site is better.... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Thanks for that link! |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Hm, that site has my surname as English, not Irish. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. eh, this one didn't have mine either... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's English which I knew |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Dutch |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hmm. German AND Scottish |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. Very Neat! |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. Keep in mind a lot of surnames were Anglicized |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. If it's no Scottish, its Crrrrap |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Give me back my kidney! |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. Technically, MY last name doesn't have a clear origin... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. When my father's side of the family came from Norway, they |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Poitou, France |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. None of the original or phonetic spellings were recognized. |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. I already knew my family name history..... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. My original name meant "son of so-and-so." |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Really? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. No, but the principle is the same. It's the name of someone's son. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. Swiss |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. "I drink, therefore I am". |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. My maiden name is English and refers to non-indentured folks. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. "Sorry the name Xxxxxx was not found." |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. I think I got it from my parents... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. Well, I'll be dipped! Scottish! All this time I thought it was Irish. |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. Irish and Scottish |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Hopefully he pulls out. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
50. Italian (Toscana region) but it's not listed there. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
51. My surname is also from ireland |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
52. Irish and Scottish... |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
53. Mine was changed |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
54. I have the last name of my mom |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. Huh. I didn't know my original Italian surname had a coat of arms |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
56. Originally, Greece |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. Frisian |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
59. Did some researching on it some years ago |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. Originated in Forfarshire, Scotland. n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
61. Scots-Irish |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
63. Italian but not listed on there. n/t |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
64. French Huguenot |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. English |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
67. German. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. England, carried there with the Norman invasion of 1066. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
69. English, Scottish, a few others |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. It screwed up on mine. |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:45 PM Original message |
Deleting (duplicate) n/t |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
71. None - I made mine up and went to court to legally change my name. n/t |
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MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
72. Ireland. Woo! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. These guys want to sell me a family crest! |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. It's Ukrainian, but it was not in their database n/t |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
75. I remain unvanquished. heh |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
76. mine isn't in there |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
77. Scottish... |
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