bduff
20 Feb 2012
History / Anyone know the name, if true... .... Polish Royal heir [40]
I decided I would say this first afterall. For those wondering why I am so Unknowing of Polish history (Even though I thought I made it clear)...I am 28, born and raised citizen of the United States of America in the State of Arkansas. The only languages I know are English and bad English. I am learning Hmong though, thankfully my girlfriend knows both languages. I would like to learn the language of my ancestors and visit home so to speak. Have to learn about them first. This thread is the very begining of my research into this as I needed some leads from those who have already studied this. I am also a police officer and investigation is the name of the game. I am a college graduate with a B.A. in Criminology and an A.A.S. in Law Enforcement. It is not that I am uneducated, but that particular part of the world I am interested in most people here are not and do not have the resorces available without me knowing where to look because I may have to spend some money to get the books I need. The internet has some information, but can only be so credible before you have to look elsewhere.
I first would like to thank most everyone since my last post. I appreciate some taking my question seriously. It is unclear if my background is Polish or something similar in the region. I know the extremely small amount of the language I heard my family use was at least a dialect of the Russian language. My grandmother could not speak the language as she was not allowed to speak it as a little girl, she was only allowed to speak English, she could at least understand most spoken. The information provided is very helpfull. Most of my family of this particular part of the bloodline are dead. The only two names associated that I know of "spelling is NOT correct" are Swikoskie and Grotchec. I have to dig in the family documents including for spelling.
What I feel some have missed in this is the fact that the ancestor would have been of nobility and heir to some type of thrown and was not currently the king, as from what I gather of everyone their would probably have been several people with that type of title. Also the nobel title would NOT have been some sort of demotion it was my ancestors choice because he chose to marry an Asian commoner rather than following customs of the time. So any title claim would be futile as it was Renounced. I just would like to know the origins of my family and wouldn't it just be something awesome to discover it was true you were of nobility. This story originated to my knowledge from a great grandfather as the information was passed down generation to generation. I could even be wrong about how long ago it was. I wish I had more to go on, as I fear I may never get to the bottom of it as I believe when they came to America they may have changed their names to abandon any recognized shame (or fame) among other immigrants. Like I said in the last post...family was not to do anything but be an American. Currently I am 28 years old and I believe I am the first to look into this past down claim of nobility in at least a century. This is the very beginning of my research. I wanted to throw the question out there to see if anyone of the region or background had any known types of stories as it could have been one for the history books. I at least know the married Asian woman part is true because every so often one of the family offspring will look just like an Asain! My aunt looked just like a little Asian girl as a child and still resembles a woman of Asian decendancy. Others definitly look to be of the region in question.
I will check back on this thread in a few days. I need to make a few phone calls for some leads! Again thank you to those who truly tried to help!
I decided I would say this first afterall. For those wondering why I am so Unknowing of Polish history (Even though I thought I made it clear)...I am 28, born and raised citizen of the United States of America in the State of Arkansas. The only languages I know are English and bad English. I am learning Hmong though, thankfully my girlfriend knows both languages. I would like to learn the language of my ancestors and visit home so to speak. Have to learn about them first. This thread is the very begining of my research into this as I needed some leads from those who have already studied this. I am also a police officer and investigation is the name of the game. I am a college graduate with a B.A. in Criminology and an A.A.S. in Law Enforcement. It is not that I am uneducated, but that particular part of the world I am interested in most people here are not and do not have the resorces available without me knowing where to look because I may have to spend some money to get the books I need. The internet has some information, but can only be so credible before you have to look elsewhere.
I first would like to thank most everyone since my last post. I appreciate some taking my question seriously. It is unclear if my background is Polish or something similar in the region. I know the extremely small amount of the language I heard my family use was at least a dialect of the Russian language. My grandmother could not speak the language as she was not allowed to speak it as a little girl, she was only allowed to speak English, she could at least understand most spoken. The information provided is very helpfull. Most of my family of this particular part of the bloodline are dead. The only two names associated that I know of "spelling is NOT correct" are Swikoskie and Grotchec. I have to dig in the family documents including for spelling.
What I feel some have missed in this is the fact that the ancestor would have been of nobility and heir to some type of thrown and was not currently the king, as from what I gather of everyone their would probably have been several people with that type of title. Also the nobel title would NOT have been some sort of demotion it was my ancestors choice because he chose to marry an Asian commoner rather than following customs of the time. So any title claim would be futile as it was Renounced. I just would like to know the origins of my family and wouldn't it just be something awesome to discover it was true you were of nobility. This story originated to my knowledge from a great grandfather as the information was passed down generation to generation. I could even be wrong about how long ago it was. I wish I had more to go on, as I fear I may never get to the bottom of it as I believe when they came to America they may have changed their names to abandon any recognized shame (or fame) among other immigrants. Like I said in the last post...family was not to do anything but be an American. Currently I am 28 years old and I believe I am the first to look into this past down claim of nobility in at least a century. This is the very beginning of my research. I wanted to throw the question out there to see if anyone of the region or background had any known types of stories as it could have been one for the history books. I at least know the married Asian woman part is true because every so often one of the family offspring will look just like an Asain! My aunt looked just like a little Asian girl as a child and still resembles a woman of Asian decendancy. Others definitly look to be of the region in question.
I will check back on this thread in a few days. I need to make a few phone calls for some leads! Again thank you to those who truly tried to help!