Have you ever looked up your last name online?

That's fine, I didn't give my name either. Maybe your family discovered different places. That would be cool.

Oh great warrior land finder, how do we appease thee?

yeah and my first name is French that also has a Spanish counterpart, that literally means "famous or brave warrior", so my whole name would mean " brave warrior in a new land" LOL or "famous warrior in a new place or territory" haha sounds medieval and very "conquestadorish"

No, I do that every year at this time of year. I put what I find into a box with the Christmas Presents. Instead of useless paper to stuff things so they stay nice or don't break, I use computer print outs of what I find of our last name. The Moors came from Africa and they went to Spain. They influenced architecture and religion there. I am pretty sure that we are part Moor from 1/4 of my family. My Uncle would have a fit, but he was the one with dark skin and kinky hair. Since Jesus was Hebrew, most people should be honored, but they don't think about it that way for some weird reason. My first name is Hebrew and it means "Lily." I looked it up when we were kids in school. Our teacher assigned us the task of finding out what our first names meant. My first name is extremely common and comes in multiple forms, too. My Mom's last name I've gotten Goth and Scandinavian. So I could be a Gothic Bear!

I only made that comment about spying because I don't do this often, just when I feel like maybe I can finally find something, and this time around was the first time I found my grandmother's maiden name. Then you come up with this discussion on the exact day I decide to check, that is so weird... That is awesome though, that you print it out to share and I think it would be cool to be a Gothic Bear..

A couple of years ago, I searched Gothic Bear and it was a bar pub somewhere. I searched this time and didn't get anything that wasn't either one or the other and not both.

Well that's pretty cool. You're a clan decendent. Got your own kilt pattern and everything?

we use the MacGregor tartan and shield... but hey... its royal!

Sounds wonderful. American as in Native American? Or did Ellis Island invent yet another new name?

I like that one, thanks.

Yes, I find that weird and confusing, too. Makes me a little suspicious, you know?

Yeah, it's confusing and it makes no sense. It should always be the same meaning

Here we all come from different countries and the spellings have changed over time. Like old English is different from current English. Also old French, old German, etc. Our languages have changed over time and so have our cultures. I thinkt the first response might give you an idea of the changes and why we're curious.

Greetings German Greeter Garden Gerty, not to mention the illiteration factor here. Family crests are another thing. I have one I got from a culture Fair where our family is represented by a fist and my husband's buy a bunch of open bean pods. But I see a tree on another side, so it's hard to know. That's another entire discussion! So you see that it's hard when they say a name comes from different cultures. The Tzar connection by way of Finland and Russian is certainly interesting, too. Thanks and take care.

Maybe an ancestor swam to freedom! Pretty neat history. Maybe being on a boat was freedom back in the days when Kings and Queens ruled. Pretty neat, the more you think about it, the more scenarios you can come up with. Thanks and take care.