To: Tax-chick
The Gaunt in John of Gaunt actually referred to Gent, Belgium. The deRoet’s came from that area. Today, here, the name is Roets.
18 posted on
12/02/2014 12:03:55 PM PST by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
Huh, I didn’t know that, although I had a vague memory that Katherine and Philippa were from somewhere in continental Europe.
20 posted on
12/02/2014 12:13:42 PM PST by
Tax-chick
(R.I.P., Dad, 11/25/14. Thanks for the lawyers, guns, and money.)
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