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I have a relative in Sicily whose name begins with Don, he is a first born however his daughter in the town book has D2 before the name is that because the father is Don?
I heard if a first born female has Donna as a first name its to honor the father who is a Don.
Are you talking about someone who is alive or a relative that you saw in some old civil records?
Don was a title, not a name. Donna was the female equivalent. Did you really see "D2" or something such as "D." or "Dª"? Don and Donna were often abbreviated.
Sure looks like a D with a 2 off to the top right. Like D "squared".
I don't know, could be an small a as well…..I was wondering if anyone has seen the
D2 before. So since this relative is a Don and his wife has the D2 does this mean her father was a Don as well?
Ok I found a file I can use it is the line for D. Ignazio could you read it for me?
File is a one page document but it says its too big to send.
Do you have an email?
No, the "O with the line in the middle" is a capital D, for Don. What Marty was talking about is the number 1 with the small superscipt circle and horizontal line under it.
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