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Re: Bernal
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Germanic names were found all over Western Europe, a consequence of migration by Germanic peoples; Lombards to Northern Italy, Goths to Spain, etc. Guzmán, Gutiérrez, Rodríguez, Ramirez, are all of Germanic origin. That doesn't make them German, or make their bearers descendants of Goths. Spanish migrants to Latin America took their names and their language with them.
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