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To: neverdem

I’m just curious. What ethnicity is the name “Der-Yeghiayan”? I’ve never seen anything similar to it before.


5 posted on 06/20/2012 6:25:02 PM PDT by OldPossum ( "it's" is the contraction of either "it is" or "it has"; "its" is the possessive pronoun)
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To: OldPossum
What ethnicity is the name “Der-Yeghiayan”? I’ve never seen anything similar to it before.

It's been my experience that a 'ian' or 'yan' "suffix" on a surname denotes Armenian ancestry. I'm nosy. I live in NYC, and I ask!

6 posted on 06/20/2012 6:39:15 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: OldPossum
I’m just curious. What ethnicity is the name “Der-Yeghiayan”? I’ve never seen anything similar to it before.

From The New Hampshire Bar Association:


8 posted on 06/20/2012 6:47:39 PM PDT by Drew68 (I WILL vote to defeat Barack Hussein Obama!)
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