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Re: mixed heritage surname
well my family history is we came from french but when the queen order everyone to go to one church they move to england. there even a street in french that has my last name. but i think when they move to england they add a few letters because it was originally dilliston but then in england they add the e in the end. but there even a computer company in europe name dillistone and there is a british famous film director name marcus dillistone. i was originally goes to have my character be french heritage but i wanna to have robin hood be his ancestor and robin hood was british.Joe:)
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Dilliston(e) is simply a variant of the placename Dilston in Northumberland which was first recorded as Deuelestune and Diueliston. It comes from Old English tun 'farmstead' and a Celtic compound meaning 'black stream' so it is a mixed language name though there's no French in there.
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