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Germano is also a person name, from the various saints who had such name.
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It is quite possible that "Germano" began as a foundling name. It was up to the Official to name babies that had been found and anything went really. Some of the names given are very interesting. Maybe research the name Germano, place it in inverted commas like I have done and alongside use some of the words given for foundlings. e.g. trovatello
There are so many different titles given to children who were abandoned/found. I have a knock at the door so will leave to you. Good luck.
My guess would be "brother" over "German". Especially since "Hermano" is brother in Spanish/Portuguese.
My grandmother would sometimes refer to the "Germanesi" (she never used "Tedeschi"), but her dialect/speech was so screwed up after she came to the US it's not even funny...
Mark
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AngelaGrace56 wrote: ↑16 Apr 2021, 05:09
It is quite possible that "Germano" began as a foundling name. It was up to the Official to name babies that had been found and anything went really. Some of the names given are very interesting. Maybe research the name Germano, place it in inverted commas like I have done and alongside use some of the words given for foundlings. e.g. trovatello
There are so many different titles given to children who were abandoned/found. I have a knock at the door so will leave to you. Good luck.
Angela
That's one I hadn't considered. The person in question lived in Sicily in the 1700s so it's next to impossible to research.
MarcuccioV wrote: ↑16 Apr 2021, 05:26
My guess would be "brother" over "German". Especially since "Hermano" is brother in Spanish/Portuguese.
My grandmother would sometimes refer to the "Germanesi" (she never used "Tedeschi"), but her dialect/speech was so screwed up after she came to the US it's not even funny...
I tend to agree that brother is the mist likely origin.
I believe by your posts you haven't done any of the DNA autosomal tests yet. Was Germano a relative..? Your ethnic results might (or might not) shed some light, but those are your private affairs. Just trying to help.
Mark
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The Germano family in question has been living in Sicily since at least the 1700s (and probably much longer) so they are, in effect, Sicilian. I was just wondering if they could have come to Sicily from Germany, but as been said Germano more than likely refers to brother (or a saint).
Yes, Germano comes into my family tree seven generations back. No one in my immediate family has had DNA tests. Some 2nd and 3rd cousins have. I could check with them, but we don't share that much DNA to begin with.
I suppose it could go either way. DNA probably wouldn't help going back quite that far (it's possible it could appear as a trace ancestry). Since "Tedesco" IS a known Italian surname (Germano as well), it makes it all the more confusing.
It was one of the reasons I listed "Hermano" from the Spanish -- it could just as well have come from Spanish origins...
Mark
If you ignore your foundation, your house will eventually collapse...
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