@secretshaver: Was your family’s name ACTUALLY changed on Ellis Island? 🤔 Further Reading: GovDocs to the Rescue! Debunking an Immigration Myth by Rosemary Meszaros and Katherine Pennavaria #ellisisland #immigration #newyork #nyc #History #greenscreen
most of my sicilian family’s names were 100% changed!
2025-06-23 15:46:59
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luciabuonaccorsi :
Me when I lie
2026-03-23 17:55:55
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ailuj.hill :
Yes my grandfather’s father’s last name changed from Krizmanich to Krizman.
2025-09-11 22:23:12
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Millennial Ancestry :
Anyone know if the surname Italiano was changed ?
2025-10-26 10:34:22
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✪MJ ✪ :
umm so they did change peoples names, if the name was to long for most people to pronounce they would change it (yes the people working on ellis island) for easier pronunciation
2026-03-23 22:27:06
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JarBear :
"no one's name was changed" but people changed their own name's ah ok TY
2025-11-11 06:55:22
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indigodlap :
They should be teaching this story inn School!
2024-10-27 23:11:21
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Sager :
I was told ppls names had to be changed bc if they were hard to pronounce they'd not be allowed or wtv
2025-05-07 10:52:01
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🍃😈Mama_pixi😈🍃 :
We went from Miativitch to Myers. We came from Poland to Baltimore!! Been here since
2025-01-29 14:24:59
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GW ❌ :
My family’s name was changed on the spelling. They made them change their name from Italian spelling to American spelling. My great grandfather was mad about it.
2025-06-04 05:43:52
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🦋💜 KymBurrLee44 :
But my great grandfathers name did because they couldn’t read Khalil so they made it Kelly.
2025-01-27 21:07:02
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天気予報 :
My last name was changed tho
2024-02-03 06:32:41
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Ben Kolin :
My grandpa’s name and age was changed
2024-02-03 06:29:22
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jonathan :
what island ?
2024-02-03 03:55:05
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grahama928 :
My great grandfathers named was changed. A lot of the migrants didn’t speak English and were given the city they came from as a name or closest to what the processor understood
2025-02-16 19:28:16
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Just Jacy :
If appears my family changed theirs after. In genealogy it appears anglicanized but on the manifest their first names have a more ethnic spelling. Such cool history.
2024-10-24 13:27:27
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nyxmillenial :
My grandfather’s original name was vonblumberg… they didn’t wanna wait for v so they changed it to blumberg to get through quicker
2026-01-24 23:53:38
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Tater the Trucker :
My last name is government issued.
2025-12-24 15:00:41
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mylife_inletters :
I always thought it was a saying. like that when they went through ellis and were doing their immigration they chose to change it.
2024-02-02 18:39:43
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simply.regena🌸🌻 :
My husband’s relatives changed their last name. Two of the 3 brothers changed it to 2 entirely different names
2025-10-28 11:48:12
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greekskye :
our family name was changed, they wrote down name & where from, government shortened to "just" the town and dropped actual last name details.
2024-02-02 18:44:54
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LoneStarLeft :
No, my family came to America long before Ellis Island, unfortunately. I’m sorry. #LandBack
2025-10-23 00:18:25
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krystynamoore :
From donza (sp? Idk its many generations ago) to danser. My maiden name lol
2025-10-16 11:44:04
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Chicago Spray Tan Artist ✨ :
My parents last names rhymed oddly ! And they both are 3rd generation. Mom’s maiden name Carr from Sicily. Original was Cariota. Dad’s last name Barr from Russia original Barovich!
2025-09-19 05:15:05
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