Ethnicities and Family Genealogy

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Theseus

Anyway, so now the family is named Podolsky. Come 1919, the Bolsheviks take over Russia, and he decides it's a bad idea to sound like a Russian. Decides to change the name.

Well, he and my grandfather agree that it should be changed to Podos. His other two sons, my great-uncles, vehemently disagree on the spelling. This goes on for about six months... huge family fights that actually never really healed. One of'em decides on Podus, and the other decides on Podis. All legally change their names.

So now, there's this sprawl of Pod*s progeny running around... all three versions are artificially manufactured, so any Pod*s is definitely in the clan.

Every once in a while a meet one... and they don;t all know the story! Couple of years ago, I had to set up a family conference call to prove it to a guy I met in LA!

So be on the lookout for anybody named Pod*s (all warmongers, btw).

So youve heard about the Jew named Sean Ferguson?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
3/4 Yorkshire, 1/4 Welsh

Eh-oop, lad, shouldn't ye be supportin' Leeds or t'proper White Rose Cloob, not some Lancashire tarts ....

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
"Haus" is actually a High German word.

That's partly why I chose that spelling for my Civ handle, though 'Hause' is actually used in English to mean a mountain pass. I've only seen it used in Cumbria, where a lot of Norse words survive, so it might come from there rather than the Saxon. My 'poly name was nearly Cathy Dral.

As far as my surname goes, although a Bavarian insisted to me that the name was theirs, it is also the name of a beer that was first brewed in Hungary (now brewed in Northern Italy and drunk in Germany) and I gather that German names were common all over the old Austrian empire.

Whilst I know that my French ancestor came to London as part of the wine trade, I'd love to know know why this German/Austrian guy came over.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Theseus
Anyway, so now the family is named Podolsky. Come 1919, the Bolsheviks take over Russia, and he decides it's a bad idea to sound like a Russian. Decides to change the name.

- but Podolski is now a very cool name - perhaps you should change it back!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5157434.stm

[OzzyKP]

100% Hungarian/Magyar as far as I can tell.

Everyone came over like 100 years ago and so far my grandparents & parents were fortunate enough to hook up with fellow Hungarians over here in the melting pot. I'll probably mess it all up since I'm not specifically looking for a Hungarian chick, however just last night a Hungarian girl responded to my CL personal ad..... who knows.

[Winston]

"Drop yer panties Sir William, I cannot wait 'till lunch time!"

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
100% Hungarian/Magyar as far as I can tell.

Everyone came over like 100 years ago and so far my grandparents & parents were fortunate enough to hook up with fellow Hungarians over here in the melting pot. I'll probably mess it all up since I'm not specifically looking for a Hungarian chick, however just last night a Hungarian girl responded to my CL personal ad..... who knows.

This preserving the bloodline sort of thing is something that never entered into my thoughts when growing up. But I would guess that, for this generation, it's not something people generally think about.

Although my four grandparents were not terribly pleased with my two parents mingling, considering one's a Jew and one's a Catholic. But that's not exactly mixing of bloodlines.

[Arrian]

Funny story, T.

-Arrian

[Gangerolf]

catholic blood and jewish blood I guess doesn't make much sense. necessarily... I read somewhere that what used to be seen as solely norwegian food (like lutefisk), now in (parts of) the US is considered lutheran food. So it seems that church affiliation is more important than nationality. Like people go to the nearest lutheran church to get lutefisk.

[Lorizael]

Well, Jewish blood can have meaning. I've got the nose and the last name of a stereotypical Jew.