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in reply to a message by Alex
"Aardsma" is part of my ancestry. I was told my ancestor didn't have two names when he immigrated, so he had to make up his last name on the spot. He chose Aardsma, meaning "earth's mother" because he was a farmer. I was also told that all American Aardsmas are likely related, pointing back to that ancestor.
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You'll find your real Frisian ancestor at tinyurl.com/yahnmtv3. Aardsma is a variant of Aartsma/Aertsma. The suffix -ma means 'man' and Aart/Aert is derived from a cognate of the English name Arnold. See tinyurl.com/yd6cl7wc and tinyurl.com/y7x5c6sd for more details.
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