Your Ancestors

Smith = English (Occupation) cum most common ‘adopted name’. Particularly for those wishing to hide their identity.

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Jones = Welsh (from John) At one point Jones was the welsh surname equivalent of the most common muslim given name.

Normal Names = The reason those of us with Norman names are identifiable is that (a) the practice of surnames had begun by 1000 and the norman invasion (sorry, it was bad) because credit title, and records at scale require surnames. (b) anglicized french names are generally from place names, and phonologically different from anglo saxon place and occupation names.

WORSHIP YOUR ANCESTORS – BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

You are the accumulation of their efforts, their character, and their choices.

You literally carry pieces of them in your genes.