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    Quote Originally Posted by Armand_Duval View Post
    Others surnames in my family tree.

    Goddard.

    Leonardo.
    Those are both pretty cool surnames.

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    My name is rare here however I don't think it's very strange.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peyrol View Post
    Do you have ''strange'' or ''exotic'' surnames in your family tree?

    Here the mine (goin' back for centuries).

    - Bauer
    - Kocijan
    - Caratossidis
    - Favre
    - Vuillermoz
    - Arnaud
    - Giraud
    Do you have any clue where from? sounds Greek to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manuel View Post
    Do you have any clue where from? sounds Greek to me.
    Karpathos according to the old venetic municipal registers, even if ti think isn't native of Dodecanese...maybe pontic?

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    Nwoko

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    Mandela

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malta1066Falzon View Post
    Nwoko

    Kyenge

    Mandela



    Questa l'han capita in pochi, amico

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    My cousin's mother has weird surname for Egyptians Agha, i have no idea where that come from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Amun View Post
    My cousin's mother has weird surname for Egyptians Agha, i have no idea where that come from?
    Probably from Albanian administrators.

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    My mother's maiden surname is Tvrtković

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrystalMaiden View Post
    Probably from Albanian administrators.
    I guess so, it might be Turkish or Chrkess also.

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