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Permalink Reply by Thanasis Zoumboulias on May 30, 2012 at 5:59pm

Was your last name possibly shortened when entering the US?

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Permalink Reply by Elias Gikas on May 30, 2012 at 11:22pm

I have wondered that myself, I suppose I can only figure that out by getting into actual records through one of the online geneology websites. Thats why I was interested if my name as it is spelled was common, which Konstantinos seems to adress.

Thanasis Zoumboulias said:

Was your last name possibly shortened when entering the US?

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Permalink Reply by Elias Gikas on May 30, 2012 at 11:22pm

Thanks alot, thats really helpful.

Konstantinos Chatzopoulos said:

Ηλιας Γκικας... it is how it would be in Greek but... there is a posibility that it is... Ηλιας Γκεκας.

Both is pretty common here.

There is a posibility to be shortened as Thanasis said but because this last names actually exist in Greece as it is... Γκικας or Γκεκας... probable is just that.

Good luck to your search

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Permalink Reply by Ari on May 31, 2012 at 7:33am

Hi Elias, we also posted your question to our Facebook page, if you want to see some responses, click below...

https://www.facebook.com/WorldWideGreeks/posts/387463437966386

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Permalink Reply by Elias Gikas on May 31, 2012 at 12:14pm

ευχαριστίες. Found out more than I ever knew until today.

Ari said:

Hi Elias, we also posted your question to our Facebook page, if you want to see some responses, click below...

https://www.facebook.com/WorldWideGreeks/posts/387463437966386

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