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in reply to a message by JungKyungSoon
Looks Russian, but my guess is Bulgarian. It's almost certainly from the Greek forename Athanasios, meaning "immortal". Greek TH would become F in Russian, and Athanasios would become Afanasiy(ev). So I'd go for a Bulgarian origin, though not absolutely certain.
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Thank you so much!I talked with my parents and they said I am half-Bulgarian(from my dad's side).Again,thank you so MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kristina
Kristina
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