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Re: 2 German(?) surnames, 1 Italian

by Marc (picard)

3/6/2008, 12:49 PM

in reply to a message by Elinor

You'll find the origin of Passalacqua at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Passalacqua-family-history.ashx and Dannenfeldt at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Dannen-family-history.ashx. Bavaj/Bavai seems to be Italian rather than German but it's very rare and I have no idea of its etymology.

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