Sort of an off-topic post about genealogy (sp?) so I made a new post.Originally Posted by sparks19
I have before this thread. My last name is kind of a mystery because when my granddad came through Ellis Island with his cousin, they were processed by two different clerks and came out with two slightly different last names! As I understand it, my granddad said his name, and the clerk at Ellis Island pretty much wrote down what he heard as best he could. (The difference is one vowel.) Some successful people with the same last name as mine include a marathon runner, a chemist and an attorney. I don't know how to research this any further because my granddad was an orphan when he came over with my cousin, so they are kind of a dead end. My mother's family has done some research and they have some additional information and dates.
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