KUKULKA

My mother's birth mother's last name was Kukulka. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this surname such as what part of Poland they were from? My mom's birth grandfather was born in Kamien (sp ?).

My mom is dark-skinned with black hair and facial features of an African-American. Could Kukulka be gypsies? Any info is appreciated as I've come to a dead end on my own. Thanks!!!

Proper spelling is Kamień.
I found 9 towns nameed Kamień:
Kamień Złotowski
Kamień Wrocławski
Kamień Kaliski
Kamień Łukowski
Kamień Białobrzeski
Kamień Lwówecki
Kamień Zgierski
Kamień Opolski
Kamień Włodawski
so you need to provide a bit more info.
There are aprprox. 2000 Kukułka's in Poland.

iowagirl,

have you ever tried the Family Search website? www.familysearch.org

If you type the last name into the search box, you'll get records of people with that surname.

Hello


Only one person with the surname Kulkulka is known in Poland = Tarnobrzeg (location)

coz normal spelling would be Kukułka (without the "l" before the 2nd "k", and of course "ł", not "l")

There is no way for me to find out exactly which town he from. It was hard enough trying to find info on my mom's birth parents and grandparents. I have never been able to locate her birth mom. Mom was told she died shortly after she was born in Massachusetts where the Kukulka's were living but the state of MA has no record of her death. I only found where her birth father, his parents and birth mother's parents were buried. One living relative I was able to contact only remember hearing that this birth mother had died at a young age. I mainly just wondered what part of Poland my mom's relative may be from. Thanks !!

Are you saying you have no relation to any of the Kukulka's on the Family History Library website? It looks like there were many from Tarnov, Krakowskiego, Poland. Maybe if you contact that town they'll have records.

My mom was adopted at age 4. Supposedly her birth mom died and her birth father couldn't take care of her. Family friends adopted my mom. I always wondered why either set of grandparents didn't take her in - possibly because they may not have married and back then, it was shameful to have an illegitimate baby. Only thing I can come up since the state of MA had no record of a marriage between Julia Kukulka and Alexander Mitchell. Only thing they did have was a birth record of my mom which she anyway along with her adoption papers.

I was basically curious about North Poland. I thought I had read once where they were dark skinned as compared to blue eyed blonde Poles. My mom also remembers when she was about 5 or 6, her birth father had come by and brought what she thought was a grandmother with him to visit. She believes the grandmother was dressed in American Indian clothing. I was thinking maybe more like traditional Polish or gypsy?

Anyway, thanks everyone !

Was she adopted in Poland?

No. Her birth grandparents came over to the US in 1910 or 1920. I have found that and more info on where they lived in MA.