I had a chance to do some genealogy research for kicks the other day, and discovered that a lot of my ancestors have GREAT names. Here below are some of their first names, and my best guess as to what they were like.
E.P. - No-nonsense sort of guy, very busy, didn't even have time to spell out first name
Bertha - Derived from an old German word meaning "bright," so...bright?
Ludmila - Slavic Olympic gymnast or figure skater
Minnie - What is this short for? Minerva? Likely an Animagus or mouse. Or both.
Vaclav - Vampire. I am so tempted to put "Count" before his name.
August - His favorite month was April and...um...well, his name is August ok?
Johann - Was probably famous.
Johann - I have three great-great-great-some sort of great-grandfathers named
Johann. What else do I have to say?
Johann - Must have been kind of confused when he went to family reunions.
And just for kicks, following my paternal line as far back as I can, the first names are as follows:
Me>Robert>Maurice>Edward>Edward
And the maternal line:
Julie>Theresa>Ludmila>Julia
And somewhere in my ancestry:
Johann>Johann>Johann
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Ancestral Names
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