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My sister's ex-husband's family tacked a "-ski" onto their surname while immigrating to avoid sounding too German. They immigrated during one of the World Wars
by bitwize 4y ago
My sister's ex-husband's family tacked a "-ski" onto their surname while immigrating to avoid sounding too German. They immigrated during one of the World Wars (I believe it was the second) when anti-German sentiment was high.
- int_19h 4y agoIf they're from Silesia, it might actually be a mixed German/Polish family that used both family names historically depending on the context; it was not uncommon there.