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[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

My Great Grandma Parthena (Gramma Valya) married Michel (pronounce Michele). They had three sons named Tanas (pronounced Tuh-nahsh), Yura (my grandpa) and Nikola (Colya).

*Edit* Parthena is Greek, Michel is Russian, and they raised their children in Turkey, so the names may have Turkish influence. Nikola is definitely Russian.

What are the ethnic backgrounds of some of the names in your families?

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[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Mostly Italian.
My father is Clement- the most ethnic name in his generation.
My grandfather's name is Ernest. My grandmother's is Theresa (Tess).
My grandfather's father & mother were Ernest and Emma. Ernest, Sr's father was Donato. Emma was English, and I don't know her extended family's names.
My grandmother, Theresa- her mother was Anna and her father was Clement. Theresa had two sisters- Marie and Helen.

That's as ethnic as the names on that side go. My mother's side is Hungarian and Romanian, but the names aren't particularly ethnic.