I am not Polish enough :-(

i found my great grand fathers birth certificate a while back and they said his parents were from Poland, i cant remember where though :(

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German/Prussian surname ending "tz" is taken from Polish "cz" (Bukowicz -> Bukowitz)

Were these the names of villages German nobels owned or their own surnames? Were Prussian nobels of Slav origin?

well i found out i was way off, my great grandmothers parents are from krakow and my great grandfathers parents are from ukraine

my name is jan i am 50% polish and 50% scotish what does that make, i was born in england, but my heart is polish

heart is the most important :)

Lukasz your ancestors were Lithuanians. Your heart is Lithuanian?

I m in small % Lithuanian, but it doesnt matter. My Lithuenian ancestors prefered to be Poles (in times when it was a problem), so I dont feel Lithuanian. You know It is hard to feel Lithuanian when you dont have any connections with their culture and some ancestors were Lithuenians in XVI century ... You should notice I m a little bit Radziwil (Prince) and all European aristocracy were mixed so much with other European aristocracy, that I just dont know exact % of my blood and which part belongs to which country.

Most of all people with prince blood are mixed look on English aristrocrats or Franch.


I like Lithuenians esp last time when they started cooperate with us in russia case.

Which kind of Lithuanian origin you mean? Ethnic Jemojts as the ancestors of Radziwil or all Lithuanian szlachta in general (205 Jamojts and 805 Slavs)?

I don't mean bllod law. Only Ground law. Residence in lands of Great Duchy of Lithuania before 1795 and in correspondent districts after.

What signs of that do you have?

1920 they fighted against Lithuenians and Red Army ...

So I will tell you what do I think, now in Lithueania there is group of people who prefere to fell not Lithuenians but Żmudzin, but if you asked their ancestors about nationality they would answered Polish or Lithueanian

Against Lithuanians or Żmudzin nationalists?

agains commie barbarians and their supporters

I repeat my question:
Against Lithuanians (residents of former Great Duchy of Lithuania) or Zmudzin nationalists?
You wrote they wanted to be Poles but all your story means the weren't Zmudzins nationalists only. That is the reason for my question

I feel part of this civilization

some of Radziwill palaces :

I dont carre against who they fighted all I know that they were on right side

In my opinion you confuse ethnic Zmudzins and Lithuanians in general. That id due to "polonozation" propaganda in the second half of 19 century. There were no Poles in Great Duchy of Lithuania even in the early 19 century. Only Lithuanians

A good man for Russia.

citizens had different opinion

A German style is the part of civilization you feel part?
As to me nothing better than a poor folwark exists.

You should notice that "Polish voting action" win all local elections till today in grouds surrouding Wilno, Lithueanian capital

I repeat: there is the difference between the historical meaning of Lithuanian and its today meaning.
According to old meaning there are no Poles in lands of Great Lithuania. All are Lithuanians

so why so many of Lithueania citizens consider themselfes Poles ??? In 2007 year, 70 yars after last time there was Poland

Because today Lithuania isn't the same thing than Great Duchy of Lithuania, non ethnic state. So those who call themselves Poles now show only that they don't feel themselves ethnic Zmudzin. Nothung more.
Adam Mickiewicz could also declare himself Pole now in Wilno although in his time he wrote he was Lithuanian

My dad's side of the family is VERY Polish. Polish and Austrian. Mostly Polish though.

My mom's side of the family is VERY Native American. Woot.

Regarding the surname Korbut, understand that the suffix but means "to be." Is it correct that "kor" means "military" or "war?"

Thanks to advise the best translation: "in the military" "soldier?"

I have also read that that Korbut, Korbutas, Korybut was also a title adopted by some.

Thanks for your good comment.

I read your post with interest. I have a gggrandmother whose name was Ursula Hryncewicz, who married Jozef Baranowski. I am thinking that she would have been born in the 1840s or 50s. They would have been from the area around Wilno/ Vilnius, although the Baranowski family considered themselves to be Polish, ethnically. Please contact me if you have any family information that might be useful! Thank you! Janet

Don't be. Think of yourself as 100% Scandinavian, and the problem is solved.