[Mrs. Chocolate]

What is your family name origin?

Mine is JEWISH.

[vinman]

Scotland

[gringochileno]

Polish Jewish but they changed it at Ellis Island so it's not really a Polish name.

[Gunner]

Spanish and Italian.

[Excelsior]

Scottish.

[Gmac]

I don't know for sure, My grandpa was adopted.

[Kickb]

French

One of my ancestors had a tree/flower named after him

[Chad Daring]

My great great grandfather changed the family name when he moved to this country to sound more American

[alphaspiraton]

(10-03-2011 08:18 PM)Chad Daring Wrote:  

My great great grandfather changed the family name when he moved to this country to sound more American

I'm doing that now.

[Moma]

(10-11-2011 02:06 PM)alphaspiraton Wrote:  

(10-03-2011 08:18 PM)Chad Daring Wrote:  

My great great grandfather changed the family name when he moved to this country to sound more American

I'm doing that now.

Can having a foreign sounding name be an impediment to one's quality of life when residing in America? A bit contradictory when it's an immigrant country??

[Chad Daring]

(10-11-2011 02:15 PM)Moma Wrote:  

(10-11-2011 02:06 PM)alphaspiraton Wrote:  

(10-03-2011 08:18 PM)Chad Daring Wrote:  

My great great grandfather changed the family name when he moved to this country to sound more American

I'm doing that now.

Can having a foreign sounding name be an impediment to one's quality of life when residing in America? A bit contradictory when it's an immigrant country??

It was back in the 20's or so, times were different I suppose. Our original family name wasn't even that out there, especially as far as Scandinavian names go. My mom changed her last name back to the real family last name a few years ago, I've considered doing the same.