[Dr. Scarpetta]

Dalibor Sames

Just curious as to the ethnic background of Dr. Sames.

[GSlob]

"Just curious as to the ethnic background of Dr. Sames."
The name "Dalibor" is associated with a prison tower of Hradcany castle in Prague - "Daliborka". A squire by that name was the first prisoner there, IIRC, and made his way even into an opera.

[neverdem]

Just curious as to the ethnic background of Dr. Sames.

Me too, let me make a wild @ss guess(WAG). He's a Czeck or Slovak. This is where Google is really useful, i.e. unique, ethnic names.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/sames/aboutdali.html