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Randy D

Have you ever traced the origins of your surname? If so, did you find anything interesting, surprising, strange or funny?

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Posted - March 31, 2020
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  • 6988
    Yes. I am the 'son of will'. Isn't that amazing?
      March 31, 2020 9:26 AM MDT
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  • 551
    No, but I did find out something surprising about one of my ancestral surnames. My maternal grandmother always claimed that her own great-grandfather, William Nickisson, was Danish (or Norwrgian - I forget which). My own research indicates that this is untrue - it's an English surname that just happens to have a Scandinavian-looking spelling. The other part of the family legend - that he was raised in a prosperous family but was later cut off by his parents after he eloped with a household servant - did however turn out to be true.
      March 31, 2020 9:59 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      I can understand that last part: I’ve had my own trouble keeping my hands off of the hired help. (Cough, cough.)



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      March 31, 2020 7:54 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    No...I have no interest in my sperm-donor's name. I don't even like it.
      March 31, 2020 10:21 AM MDT
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  • It pretty much means cross.
      March 31, 2020 10:36 AM MDT
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  • 5
    Yes, and it has engendered some pretty interesting results. Good to see you again on here again, Randy D. I haven't been on here for some time for obvious reasons.
      March 31, 2020 3:52 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      (((((How are they obvious?)))))

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      March 31, 2020 7:45 PM MDT
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