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I am not Polish enough :-(


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Polson
  Nov 7, 07, 12:17  #181

Quoting: Pedrovski
Quoting: Jeska
Awww I'm jealous lol I'm 50% Norwegian 25% Finnish 25% Swede. hehe

*assumes the position*


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


Wow, it's nice, all Nordic countries (almost) ;) I'd like to have ancestors from there, i like this part of Europe...

Quoting: Pedrovski
Think of yourself as 100% Scandinavian


Not really...she's "only" 75% Scandinavian, as long as Finland is not Scandinavia.

;)

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sjsjmr [Guest]
  Nov 21, 07, 09:27  #182

My dads name was Voight. Does anyone know if this is Polish name? If not where does it come from?

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krysia
  Nov 21, 07, 09:31  #183

Voight is not Polish. Could be German or Austrian?

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mam8
  Feb 17, 08, 13:12  #184

Hello, my grandfather, Basil Karasevich b. 1890 in Fedorki Russia (maybe Ukraine) always said he was a "white Russian" when he was here in the United States. He also told my father that we had another family name "Zmud" I have found info that Zmud's were born near Ternopil and found a Fedorki close by. He was very secretive and never spoke much about his homeland and I've had a very hard time finding anything out. His mother's name was Zofia Blashkova. He came to the US in 1910 I thought maybe the family left behind changed their name to Zmud but maybe not, maybe he did when he left.

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Grzegorz_
  Feb 17, 08, 13:15  #185

mam8 wrote:
"white Russian"


Belorussian...

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mam8
  Feb 17, 08, 13:50  #186

What would the surnames Zmud and Karasevich be? He did spell the name Karasiewicz when he first came to America. His parents, born 1865 +- supposedly owned a farm

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Janet [Guest]
  Mar 14, 08, 12:22  #187

I am interested in comparing notes with you regarding your Hryncewicz ancestors. This is a name in my family tree.

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Ericasuf
  Oct 16, 08, 12:20  #188

Just kidding. I'm not very Polish. Mostly Slovak and Austrian on one side, Native American on the other. :]

Wish I was more Polish, but what can you do? :/

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matryoshka
  Oct 16, 08, 13:50  #189

On my mother's side... I'm 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Polish, 1/4 German, 1/8 Russian, 1/8 Ashkenazi Jew.

Don't know much about my father's side.

This isn't a statement of nationality but of trying to identify with the cultures of my ancestors. For example it is important for me to differentiate -- especially with Poland being a war-torn area -- were my ancestors cultural Poles? Or were they Germans living in an area that is now Poland?

It is important to me because our ancestors' cultural traditions play a huge part in who we are today...

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Gurl [Guest]
  Oct 20, 08, 16:54  #190

thats engough! my great x3 grandmother i think was from poland(all i can find is prussia) she had a polish name but married a german so not really 4 sure but ur more than me but im more czech than you...........maybe :)

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Bzibzioh
  Oct 20, 08, 18:02  #191

mam8:

What would the surnames Zmud and Karasevich be?


I would try to look for Żmuda.

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PhillyBoy [Guest]
  Oct 23, 08, 22:37  #192

ola123:

Im very polish but may have for examlpe 5% Ukraininan blood. What is the problem here?


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PhillyBoy [Guest]
  Oct 23, 08, 22:44  #193

of course ur very Polish , if ur mostly Polish by blood that's good enough, no one in Poland is 100% Polish, we've been mixing with our neighbors since Poland became a country, it's just not everyone knows what they are since it was their great great great grandfather or mother that was something else for example, or the family is ashamed of it and was hiding it, i found out just 5 yrs ago that i'm 75% Polish 25% Ukrainian, i have at least 8 or 10 friends that are a lil German, Ukrainian, Lithuanian or Jewish

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matryoshka
  Oct 28, 08, 16:17  #194

PhillyBoy:

it's just not everyone knows what they are since it was their great great great grandfather or mother that was something else for example, or the family is ashamed of it and was hiding it


That's how my family was. They were ashamed of being Polish (imagine that!!) so they kind of "Germanized" themselves. All the recipes my Grammy made while I grew up, she always told me they were German. I only found out recently they were traditional Polish dishes!!

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Dominick [Guest]
  Nov 14, 08, 00:05  #195

my great grandfather's name was morris gitler who changed his name to Mack Gordon (after his hometown of grodno). By the way he is a famous songwriter. look him up on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Gordon

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