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Subject: Adlof?
Author: Anneza   (Authenticated as Anneza)
Date: October 24, 2006 at 3:17:15 AM
Hi, guys. I've just encountered (the name, not its owner) Adlof Johan Vogel. Clearly of German descent, though many Afrikaans-speaking South Africans enjoy using German or French names to match their ancestral surnames.

So, do you think that Adlof is a typo, or could someone perhaps have tried to make Adolf less alarming by switching some letters around? Anyone ever seen anything like it?

All the best

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