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My last name
Hi everyone. I live in Argentina and "Dunayevich" in my last name. There seems to be some lack of agreement in the family about its true meaning and origin. They are Jews from around Odesa, Ukraine, but we don't look like jews, much rather like southern slavs or serbs. There is word that at some point the religion was adopted. Anyway, an old uncle said that the last name had been wrongly translated when they got here, and it originally was "Dunaievic"
Most of my family is gone now, and the trail of the name has been lost. Can anybody help me track the origins?
Thanks in advance.
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My last name  ·  Mr. Dunayevich  ·  6/9/2003, 1:58 PM
Re: My last name  ·  Amy Dunayevich  ·  1/26/2004, 6:10 PM
What do "jews" look like then?  ·  Magia  ·  6/11/2003, 9:05 AM
Chocoholics! LOL! Hope to never look like a chocoholic! :) nt  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/11/2003, 10:32 AM
Re: Chocoholics! LOL! Hope to never look like a chocoholic! :) nt  ·  yannis  ·  12/7/2003, 5:35 PM
Magia, you need to switch careers to comedy LOL! n/t  ·  Elizabeth  ·  6/11/2003, 8:57 PM
Re: My last name  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/10/2003, 12:47 AM
Re: My last name  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/11/2003, 5:29 AM
Re: My last name  ·  Mr. Dunayevich  ·  6/11/2003, 9:10 AM
Re: My last name  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/11/2003, 10:30 AM
Re: My last name  ·  Ivayla  ·  6/9/2003, 3:15 PM
Re: My last name  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/9/2003, 4:41 PM
Yep...  ·  Ivayla  ·  6/10/2003, 10:20 AM
Re: My last name  ·  Sophia  ·  6/10/2003, 2:45 AM
Re: My last name  ·  Nanaea  ·  6/9/2003, 2:08 PM
Re: My last name  ·  francesco  ·  7/1/2003, 12:13 PM
Re: My last name  ·  Nana  ·  6/10/2003, 1:01 AM
Why Wienna of all the cities that are on the Danube?  ·  Ivayla  ·  6/10/2003, 10:26 AM
Re: Why Wienna of all the cities that are on the Danube?  ·  Nana  ·  6/11/2003, 12:53 AM