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To: Eva

European Jewish surnames did not come into popular use until Napoleon required all families to choose surnames. Before that, Jewish names were in the form [Name] son/daughter of [Father’s name] of [City]


161 posted on 06/20/2008 10:13:58 AM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: Alouette

Thanks, but isn’t that pretty much the same as other European surnames?


182 posted on 06/20/2008 10:31:22 AM PDT by Eva (ue)
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