Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:14 pm
Post subject: Origin of surnames -- Sondey, Sadej
As far as our family could tell (only to my great-grandparents) both my father's mother and father were "Polish." Now, I know that they lived in what is now Ukraine in the late 19th century, but they spoke Polish and I know that the area in which they lived had been considered to be part of Poland at one point. The surprise came when I did DNA analysis and instead of having a solid 75% or so from European roots (my mother's father's parents were both German), I came up with 50% from the British Isles!
So, the question becomes.... is "Sondey/Sadej" really a Polish name or could this have been a transliteration of "Sunday"? Could it be that some more distant ancestor actually emigrated to Poland several centuries before?
Thoughts anyone?
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:24 am
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Is there a British Isles DNA? There is Celtic DNA, common to Spain, Portugal, France and others. There is Germanic DNA, common to Scandanavia, Northern Germany, Normandy and Sicilly. Perhaps your DNA came from one or more of these other places. There were many Scots that settled in Poland in the 1500s.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:14 am
Post subject: Thanks!
Thanks for your ideas on the name Sondey. I will keep researching... and searching... and see where it leads!
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