Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

[TomServo]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

He's American.

[Illuminator]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

He's American.

There is NO such thing as an ethnic American except for these guys:

http://www.axel-jacob.de/sitting_bull_1.jpg

[Mezbo]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

??- I certainly do not doubt that Agassi is an Assyrian name, however, it can also be a shortened form of Agassian. My neighbour in Paris was Aram Agassi, and he most certainly was an Armenian, the family had shortened the surname somtime in the 30's 40's. Same with the Papazi's (Armen and Mihran) they were Papazian's and culled the 'an' from the name.

regards

Mezbo

[melikianAvak]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

His father is Armenian, so is he acording to him.
I agree, he is Armenian.

[Thai-Samurai]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

Agassi is my stepdad and I'm Armenian

[]{eVoR]{]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

well its obvious he has some Armenian in him otherwise why would Sargis Sargsian be hanging around with him so much and have him in the audience in the special box next to Agassi's coach at Wimbledon.

[TripleA]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

LARRY KING: The name Agassi is what derivation?

AGASSI: Armenian, so my father was from Armenia and his parents sort of settled in Tehran.

cnn.com

[arziv]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

Agassi's father is an Armenian from Persia, from Teheran as he aseverates.

Furthermore Agassi father represented Persia in the Olympics ( I can't recall the year) as a boxer in the Persian boxing Olympic team.

It is lamentable that Agassi seems to hide under lock and key his paternal origins. He should jutt his jaw out and proclaim his hayutiun. Someone should tap his head and remind him of the venerable and ancient armenian blood flowing in his veins.

[melikianAvak]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

There is NO such thing as an ethnic American except for these guys:


http://www.axel-jacob.de/sitting_bull_1.jpg

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Indians of Americas are also immigrants, they are not indigenous of North and South America.

[PerNonGra]

Re: Andre Agassi, not Armenian!???

I have read that Agassi is an Armenian, yet I cannot truly say the information is from a fully trustworthy resource.
It was written there that the family had changed their original surname "Agassian" into "Agassi" when immigrated, just to get used to the life there, just to start over.