Do you have the exact same surname that your direct paternal great-great-grandfather was born with?

**~~Bobby Martnen~~** · 05-02-2018, 08:04 AM

By exact, I mean no changes in spelling.

Direct paternal great-great-grandfather means your paternal grandfather's paternal grandfather.

**Norb** · 05-02-2018, 08:14 AM

I think so yes, I dont see a reason why not

**Smeagol** · 05-04-2018, 05:37 AM

No. It was anglicized.

**~~Bobby Martnen~~** · 05-04-2018, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Smeagol

No. It was anglicized.

Was it a major Anglicization (i.e. Myszkiewicz to Miscavige) or a minor one (i.e. Goldwasser to Goldwater)?

**~~Aodhan~~** · 05-04-2018, 05:38 AM

Nop, only maternal

**Smeagol** · 05-04-2018, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by Bobby Martnen

Was it a major Anglicization (i.e. Myszkiewicz to Miscavige) or a minor one (i.e. Goldwasser to Goldwater)?

Major.

**~~Bobby Martnen~~** · 05-04-2018, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by Smeagol

Major.

Are you glad it was Anglicized? (I'm glad mine was (minorly) Anglicized, because I like fitting in with Americans)

**Smeagol** · 05-04-2018, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by Bobby Martnen

Are you glad it was Anglicized? (I'm glad mine was (minorly) Anglicized, because I like fitting in with Americans)

Yeah, because most people just see me as a pure Anglo-American.

**~~Bobby Martnen~~** · 05-04-2018, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by Smeagol

Yeah, because most people just see me as a pure Anglo-American.

I think you're more Anglo-American than me.

I still see myself as a borderline Anglo, though. Maybe that's just aspirational thinking, though.

**Smeagol** · 05-04-2018, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by Bobby Martnen

I think you're more Anglo-American than me.

I still see myself as a borderline Anglo, though. Maybe that's just aspirational thinking, though.

I'm about half so yeah.

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