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kurandoinu:
Can't get the image to copy for some strange reason, so here's one from another site.
No real surprise there, I knew I was of Irish decent on my dads side anyway :)
BLAST420:
Apparently some of my ancestors where guards or watchmen of some sort.
Motto Translated: As I was.
Takeshi:
That website is crap, says my surname "Tran" is English when it's actually Vietnamese.
forsaken:
It got my name's origins right, though I doubt the crest is acurate as they all seem to look the same. Besides, you can register your own made-up family crest for a nominal fee of a few hundred pounds, technically making yourself a duke as I understand it. You can officially call yourself Sir as oppose to Mr. Not sure that's how proper nobility works, but I think that this is actually possible...
--- Quote ---The Origins of the proud surname kohl can be traced to the historic kingdom of Bohemia, which is now part of Czechoslovakia. In the Middle Ages, Bohemia was a part of the Holy Roman Empire, which was characterized by the Feudal System. Before this era, people were known only by a single name.
However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Many people, such as the kohl family, adopted the name of their feudal occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The kohl name derives from the Old German word "cholo," which meant "cabbage;" the surname was an occupational name for a person who grew or sold cabbages.
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Nothing new there, Kohl is the German word for Cabbage ie. my ancestors were at some point cabbage farmers. Go figure :P As for this surname being "proud",.. ::)
Proin Drakenzol:
And the Jew doesn't have one.
Not surprising. Jews were almost non-existent as part of the European nobility. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the Herzog family (descended from Baron Herzog of the Austro-Hungarian Empire).
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