we’ve been watching these tracing ancestry shows such as “who do you think you are” and “finding your roots.”
and one take home message is this type of “name changes” that flu is jokingly talking about is extremely common place in the caucasian world, especially with folks of eastern european and jewish origins.
for example, I had no idea Martha Stewart is a 2nd generation polish american. But of course, to be successful, she uses her married name. but then it turns out both of her brothers also changed their last names to hide their non-anglo origin, one even took on his wife’s name.
if people can get away with it, people will change their last names to fit in. makes you wonder how many Smiths and Stewarts are really truly of Anglo origin?
