Thanks NYer.
Posted on 11/23/2013 6:58:14 AM PST by NYer
Typo: incessantly
The two happiest guys in the Navy.
Wah! My Irish maiden name isn’t there either.
Why did I always think Murphy meant redhead?
I would like to know the background of the name “Shannon”.
It’s gone I heard, it’s drifting out to sea.
Thirty years ago, I was so in love with this Irish gal it still hurts!
And I was married in-between!
Long brown hair, ice blue eyes, cheekbones to die for..
Last name was Taylor.
Me?
I’m mostly Dutch, part mutt....
What about O’Bama?
Obama comes from the Luo tribe of Kenya, using the Swahili language. They name their kids with three names:
A personal name - Barak, in his case from the Arabic for blessed.
A patronymic - Hussein, after his paternal grandfather
A surname - indicating gender and circumstance of birth. Starting with O indicates male, A indicates female (they only recognized two genders, in their backwardness, imposed no doubt by Western imperialists).
Most Luo surnames describe the conditions of the moment of birth - for example, born in the afternoon, born the second of twins, born after the father died, etc.
Obama is a bit unique - it indicates a boy born in Islam. It is the name used to indicate those Luo who converted to Islam.
What about O’Bama?
Obama comes from the Luo tribe of Kenya, using the Swahili language. They name their kids with three names:
A personal name - Barak, in his case from the Arabic for blessed.
A patronymic - Hussein, after his paternal grandfather
A surname - indicating gender and circumstance of birth. Starting with O indicates male, A indicates female (they only recognized two genders, in their backwardness, imposed no doubt by Western imperialists).
Most Luo surnames describe the conditions of the moment of birth - for example, born in the afternoon, born the second of twins, born after the father died, etc.
Obama is a bit unique - it indicates a boy born in Islam. It is the name used to indicate those Luo who converted to Islam.
Thanks! I finally know where the Irish part of my ancestry begins: Niall of the Nine Hostages is in there, but I was too preoccupied to chase it down! YAY!
Thanks again!
comes from trying to pronounce rose of Sharon whilst drunk.
Where are the "Flynn's"?
Regards
GtG
My Irish maiden name made the top 100.
Very good.
https://www.google.com/search?q=caig+caigi
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/209011/Five-Fifths
http://www.amazon.com/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History/dp/1554074584
Top 100:
http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Top-100-Irish-last-names-explained-103125099.html
And my name isn’t even there. We must be special, Salvation. :)
Wah! My Irish maiden name isn’t there either.
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Neither is mine, Salvation. That means we are not common.
;-)))))))))))))))))))))
My Irish surname isn’t there either but I already knew that it’s uncommon. From what I can tell my ancestors had their estates near Cork seized by Cromwell so they headed for the colonies and settled on the Delmarva peninsula.
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