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Subject: Re: Name Origin/Etymology/Spelling Variations
Date: 28 Mar 2006 05:28:14 -0700

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Tom,
I'd just be happy to get my Hunter back across the "big pond" and I would happily settle for a commoner! (LOL)

BUT, on a more serious note, I have found that many I come into contact with are looking for that "missing link" to the "more noble" blood lines. Some have gotten very upset with my logic that it is highly rare and unlikely that we here in the states will ever "link" to the noble lines of Hunterston and that it would be more likely we are dependents of the more commoner lines that exist.

Now whether those lines exist per your description, I don't know, but your logic is highly probable. There have been many instances where a "last name" was needed and in most cases it was taken from someone they knew, such as their "lord," "master," and even people that were kind to them, as with many Native American lines.

We have members in our family (on my husband's side) that we "think" took a last name because they had favorable contact with them and during the "trail of tears" time, if you did not have a "Christian" last name, you would have been rounded up.

For example, having brown skin and being called "Johnny Whitefeather" was not as acceptable as having brown skin and being called "Johnny Hunter." One was automatically deemed Native American, the other people could put it in their mind that they were tanned from farming.

Anyway, Glad to see you here! I will continue to learn from you and am always your "Young Paduan Learner" (OK, little Star Wars reference there. LOL)

Yours Aye,
Becky

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