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RN97
03-21-2017, 11:28 PM
http://i.imgur.com/UoMvMs1.jpg
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Tooting Carmen
03-21-2017, 11:39 PM
Dinarid-CM?
Wrong
03-21-2017, 11:40 PM
Acromegaly + Negrito hair
RN97
03-21-2017, 11:48 PM
Dinarid-CM?

where do you see the dinarid??
I must admit he's not easy to classify, I wonder where his last name originates.
nafz
03-21-2017, 11:59 PM
where do you see the dinarid??
I must admit he's not easy to classify, I wonder where his last name originates.

Could be French. There is no "Fredette" in France but there is "Fradet".

In the early days of immigration from Europe to USA sometimes immigrants from non English speaking countries for various reasons used to change the spelling of their original last name.
RN97
03-22-2017, 12:01 AM
Could be French. There is no "Fredette" in France but there is "Fradet".

In the early days of immigration from Europe to USA sometimes immigrants from non English speaking countries for various reasons used to change the spelling of their original last name.

Yeah might be. Trump did that as well. Their original name was "Drumpf"
nafz
03-22-2017, 12:08 AM
Yeah might be. Trump did that as well. Their original name was "Drumpf"

Many Greeks did it too because their original last name was unpronounceable .

I even knew an American who has Danish ancestry (ancestor's last name was Andreasen) but when he arrived in the US changed it to Anderson to become more Anglicized.
RN97
03-22-2017, 12:13 AM
Many Greeks did it too because their original last name was unpronounceable .

I even knew an American who has Danish ancestry (ancestor's last name was Andreasen) but when he arrived in the US changed it to Anderson to become more Anglicized.

True, it's actually quite interesting that Scandinavians don't do it between themselves. I can tell immediately if a Norwegian has roots in another Scandinavian country because we spell/ pronounce surnames differently even if it's the same name basically. For example in Norway it's "Karlsen", in Sweden it's "Carlsson/Karlsson", in fact even "Karlsen" comes from Danish, but most probably are not descended recently from Danes if they are named "Karlsen", but most Carlsson's have recent Swedish ancestry.