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looking for information on my family name of rovirosa may have been originally rubirosa I've been told it is Italian and my great grandmothers maiden name was pastrana so it sure sounds like Italian any information would be helpful thank you steve f
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Rovirosa is Catalan, Rubirosa and Pastrana are Spanish. The latter is a placename you can situate at http://www.maplandia.com/spain/search/#form-30. Rovirosa is derived from rovira 'oak-grove' and Rubirosa is a variant, as noted at http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/ESPECIALES/raices/2006/marzo/22/raices49.html
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thank you, this will help me alot in finding more about my background
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