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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: German Surname?
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 08:34:40 -0600


I have a pedigree for haplotypes with surname "Wilde" and origins in England. Is such a surname with "e" at end really English, or is it a German transplant? When do the English keep a final silent "e" and when is it dropped?

Ken


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