Your surname tells a history of your family. Surnames can generally be traced to an origin point and even though people have migrated to other countries, there are still folks who stayed behind with those surnames and live there today. The creators of MapYourName.com have made it easy to see where your surname originated from and if anything, can give you a small clue on where to start looking if you are not sure of the country of origin for your ancestor. Or you may find some surprising occurances of your surname in another location. It’s a fascianting website that I couldn’t stop playing with. I entered just about every surname in my tree to see it mapped.

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