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  • Son sharing father's name and so on....

    12/15/2009 9:14:21 PM PST · by myknowledge · 43 replies · 1,092+ views
    December 16, 2009 | myknowledge
    Have you ever heard of guys whose names end in Sr., Jr. III, IV, V and so on? They sure sound aristocratic, but this naming practice of naming sons after their fathers is seemingly predominant in the United States, a country with no royal family. Would you name your son after his father? Note that this naming practice exists in Western family names. It is nonexistent in non-Western family names. (e.g. Vietnamese families, sort of like mine, do NOT name sons after fathers because it would be awkward.) Today, a 'Timothy James Tate V' would be a 1 in 300m...
  • The website that lets you find out where your family came from online

    08/30/2008 8:33:55 AM PDT · by Stoat · 26 replies · 1,421+ views
    The website that lets you find out where your family came from online Last updated at 02:23am on 30.08.08  Ever wondered where in the world you can find the most Crooks, Cranks and Losers?  Or, come to that, the places overrun by people called Smith or Jones?  Well, wonder no more. A website launched today can tell you everything you could possibly want to know about surnames  -  unusual or otherwise.   Pure Klass: Myleene   It uses more than one billion records to show which countries, regions and cities have the greatest concentrations of a given surname. Simply...