Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

[Ari]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

all agassi posts should be banned and his name in *****

when asked if he was armenian he said dont make fun of me or something similar to that.

[Yedtarts]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

I have him on VCR saying I'm Armenian, and how Armenians help each other, he mentions also how Mr. Kirk Kirkorian helped his father by giving him a job. So please stop this nonsense.

[Ari]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

was that when he was 14?

[Yedtarts]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

was that when he was 14?

The video is called "The Armenian Americans" it was made I think in year 2000

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[Ari]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

ok great thanks for that

but it still doesnt change the fact he said he wasnt armenian at one stage

[ARK]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

As everybody claims to know him and has met him or his father(Emmanuel) in person! I ‘ve been in touch with his father’s relatives in Iran so I’m sure that he is Armenian. To our Assyrian friend who claims aghassi or aghassian is not Armenian I’d like to assure him that it is, as I know some Iranian- Armenians (with no other extractions) whose familyname is aghassi.

Ps: his father grew up in an area in Tehran largely populated by armenians (if u’d like I’ll tell u where)

To our Assyrian friend ; u’d better worry about the situation of Assyrians in Iran who convert to islam by marrying our muslim iranian friends and unfortunately forget their beautiful ancient language and have completely lost their identity , honestly that worries me too . but somehow I agree with Vachagan , all the fame and pride remains for Americans.

[Ashuraya #1]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

Hey whats going everybody. I'm an Assyrian born in the states, and I have a great deal of respect for the Armenian people. I have many friends that are "half-n-half" with Assyrian and full Armenian that know how to speak Assyrian and even share the same foods. This shows how close we are culturally since we "gave and took" from each other, having a common bond being Christians surrounded by rabid Muslims like Kurds, Turks, and some Arabs.

As far as Agassi being Assyrian or Armenian, I believe someone earlier in the thread said it best---whatever ethnicity he is, it really doesn't matter, as he isn't particularly active in any of those respective communities. I think Assyrians like to take pride in him (I sure dont) because they want something to hang their hat on, since we are a country-less people today reduced to Kurdish Gypsy status. Thanks a lot Bush for "liberating the people". Aree goo teezokh you didnt liberate jack lol.

Back to the topic at hand. Andre Agassi's father, is an Assyrian. But he is also Armenian. Shocked? We shouldn't be---after all, our people have intermarried for a long time. Assyrians' claim that Agassi's dad is active in Assyrian community is true. The thing is, usually (and I dont mean all the time here) when your father is a certain ethnicity you tend to follow that one especially if your home is still intact. Emmanuel Agassis father was Assyrian and mother Armenian this much is 100% fact. There is another prominent "mix" of Assyrian/Armenians with Anna Esho (Assyrian last name again) who's a congress woman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Eshoo

So what's the conclusion? Andre Agassi isn't even half of either nationality! Andre is 25% Assyrian, 25% Armenian and 50% "American".

Last thing, it is possible for an Assyrian name to be Armenicized such as Agassian, since we have exchanged with each other for so long (since BC times with Urartu). But to put that in perspective, the present day Assyrian name "Sargis" (Greek version of Assyrian "Sargon" which in turn is an English translated version of "Sharrukin") is also used by Armenians with "Sarkis".

PS, I hope Armenians get a lot of their land back from those Turkeys, I hope we get land one day as well. Also, doesn't it suck that we both are NON-Asian people but our lands are considered in "ASIA". MEH. Peace out folks!

[Mireille]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

Next thing were gonna hear is Charles Aznavour is not Armenian either.It really annoys me when i see ppl getting out of their way and try to prove something wrong with bogus information.Agassi is Armenian and everyone knows it,unless ur ignorant.end of discussion!

[Sean]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

Like Ark said Agassi's dad is an Iranian who grew up in a part of Tehran heavily populated by Armenians so hes probably of Armenian ancestory. Agassi's talked about Iran often and has said he wishes to go there.

[ddd]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

lol, this is ridiculous. Agassi is from Armenian ancestory, I have a close (Armenian) friend who's heavily into tennis and has practiced/met with Agassi several times. They talked about it, and he's Armenian.