If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
armenians for the most part have -ian last names (~95%) of us... there are some (~5%) whos last names end with -uni or -yants -- according to history books it is believed that those without the -ian last name were of higher level of citizenship... however, according to the history books all but 1 or 2 percent of those higher level of citizenship were killed first AND what i can infere from this is that those who have the non -ian last names currently (i.e. -yants or -uni), have changed their names to have it be remembered or to have it continue to live in our culture.
moving on to the topic of the thread --- my last name is Boyadjian - this means painter in turkish... i dont know anyone in my family who is a painter... we were known as the "Lrchants Boyadjiannereh" which means "blue eyed painters"
However i do know that my grandfather when he was living in Lebanan he had a sowing business and my whole fmaily worked in it... when he came to Armenia to live there (as this was his dream) the communists beat him almost to death and he could not continue his line of business, and he died of internal organ failure... (contributed to the communistakan beatings in the jails)...
- long live the soviet government!
- ohh wait its gone (phewww) --- a little too late huh?
Comment