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[This is the equivalent for one side of my family](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Clan_member_crest_badge_-_Clan_Cameron.svg/800px-Clan_member_crest_badge_-_Clan_Cameron.svg.png).
[This is the other](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Edward_England.svg/750px-Flag_of_Edward_England.svg.png) No really.
My dad's side of the family had their name turned from a super common French/German name to a weird and unique mix of both the French and German spellings during immigration way back. We're the only family in the US with the name, my uncle actually changed his legally back to the French version just so people would stop misspelling it constantly.
My dad's side of the family had their name turned from a super common French/German name to a weird and unique mix of both the French and German spellings during immigration way back. We're the only family in the US with the name, my uncle actually changed his legally back to the French version just so people would stop misspelling it constantly.
I know the feeling. My first name is a somewhat common name, but I spell it slightly different than typical.
People never ask how to spell it. They just go ahead and spell it wrong.
I don't correct them most of the time, because it doesn't matter. I've cashed checks with the wrong spelling, even banks get it.
I know the feeling. My first name is a somewhat common name, but I spell it slightly different than typical.
People never ask how to spell it. They just go ahead and spell it wrong.
I don't correct them most of the time, because it doesn't matter. I've cashed checks with the wrong spelling, even banks get it.
I have a pretty common first name that has a few different spellings, so I get both my first and last name misspelled constantly. So annoying. I never tried cashing a check with the wrong spelling tho, oddly never ran into that.
I have a pretty common first name that has a few different spellings, so I get both my first and last name misspelled constantly. So annoying. I never tried cashing a check with the wrong spelling tho, oddly never ran into that.
My first name only has two common spellings, and one is more common for men, the other more common for women, so most people get it right the first time.
My last name is in common with a former president (no relation), so people typically know how to spell it right away.
My first name only has two common spellings, and one is more common for men, the other more common for women, so most people get it right the first time.
My last name is in common with a former president (no relation), so people typically know how to spell it right away.
i'd show you mine for showing me yours but mine would dox me. random notables on my family tree though that won't dox me include my relations to john muir and a recent president (not from the US) who i randomly talked to on facebook while he was still campaigning.
i'd show you mine for showing me yours but mine would dox me. random notables on my family tree though that won't dox me include my relations to john muir and a recent president (not from the US) who i randomly talked to on facebook while he was still campaigning.
One of my uncles on my mother's side did a lot of research into his family history, and put in a lot of effort to find out more about our ancestors who came to America. He found out a ton, and traced our family tree all the way back to the first Garrido to come from Spain to America, which was in the early-to-mid 1700's, before the revolution.
This is a fridge magnet of the coat of arms of the family when they came. I don't completely know the meaning behind everything, but it's a very interesting thing to see. I thought you guys might like it.
EDIT: As I said in the title, her family's name has changed since the 1700's, and the name was bastardized, so I'm not accidentally doxxing myself or my family here.