Uh-Oh! A dark family secret.

[Mahnarch]

I was doing some research on the ol' family name - rekindling what my grandfather had started before he passed away (when I was a teen/20een and 'didn't care') and found a deep, dark secret that I hope doesn't hurt my run for the Presidential Office. ;D

I found two names:

Mahn, Friedrich-Karl and,

Mahn, Werner.

They can both be found in this list

The list is all alphabetical, and what. So they should be easily located.

Now, I know, for a fact that Werner is/was my great-grandfather's cousin but, I'm not sure about Friedrich-Karl.

I know that there is a Friedrich in the family but, the Karl part is throwing me off.

Does anyone know about German-proper naming schemes and if that 'Karl' part can invalidate or verify a lineage?

I know some German but, not German stuff.


I wish I hadn't ignored my grandpa when I was younger.
(This is all father's side, if you couldn't tell. I haven't looked up Lange stuff, yet.)

'Mahnken' is not us.....I think.

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If you look at it from the Nazi POV, it's not really a 'Dark Secret' but, an honorable lineage.

But, then again, there's also a point of view where murder is a 'justifiable means'.

[Blastgirl]

Sometimes you can be really surprised how names take a twist.

Like John Paul Jones (according to what I have read) his name was John Paul. However because he was a hiding fugitive at the time, his Brother convinced him to go by John Paul Jones pretending his last name was his middle name. With fewer ways to chase a man down in those days a subtle change like that could keep his identity close and yet different enough. With Paul now a middle name he would be introduced as John Jones.

There's many stories like that. Celebrities who change their name eventually the old Family roots could be lost easily.

[Mahnarch]

Hmm, interesting concept, BG.

I do know that the Friedrich that my grandfather had found was a farmer from Stuttgart but, that doesn't mean that a simple farmer in the old country couldn't have taken up arms and become a Captain in the Luftwaffe.

Oh, man! I wish I'd paid more attention to gramps when I was younger.
This just goes to show how kids tend to throw valuable things away.

I remember the last time I saw my grampa alive and 'well'.
I heard his voice coming down the hall and I rolled my eyes before trying to get away from him.

A week later my mother called me at work to tell me that he was rushed to the hospital.
...he was gone before I got there.

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I've been having a lot of 'Grandpa' memory flashes, lately.

His birthday was March 3.
He would've been 70 this year.

He died on August 3.
I was born on May 3.
My sister on June 3.
We had a dog, growing up, registered birth on October 3.
My dad was born May 30.
My mom, May 15 (half of 30 and five times 3 - which '5' is "half" in decimal points.)

Now that I think about it, my Aunt, dad's side, was born April 3 (which I should give her a phone call [belated B-day])

July 3 is the day before Independence Day.

I was 'married' July 30 - and that lasted 3 years.

Thanksgiving is the 3rd thursday of Novemer.

Something about 3s is making me nervous.

[Kevin]

Apr 15, 2008 3:10:14 GMT -5 Mahnarch said:

Something about 3s is making me nervous.

I have three nipples. Be scared.

[Nitro God]

My penis is "3X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" bigger than anyone elses


HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A 500TH POST

[Phil]

So 3 is the reoccurring number for you Mahnarch.
I'll just take Spartan and Nitro's word for it.

I have always liked the number 4 but I don't really have a good reason. I was born on the 14th but I doubt that's why.

[jesusaurus]

Apr 15, 2008 14:11:02 GMT -5 Nitro God said:

My penis is "3X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" bigger than anyone elses


HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A 500TH POST

no

[Mahnarch]

Three nipples?!

Oddly enough, I've seen that before so I can believe it.

As far as Nitro: You may have a challenge on your hands......

Carl: "Two fellers standin' on a bridge, goin' bat'room. One feller says water's cold. Other feller says water's deep.......git it?"

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Phil;

Yes, 3s have been a very large part of my life.
I could name the entire list but, we'd all be here for days - three of them, actually.

Mom's current address is 3 numbers and she's on the third road.
I grew up in the third house from the intersection where, coincidently, the address had a '3' in it but, was 4 digits long. (It was still a mile from the intersection but, only two other houses were on that road at the time - where it's basically a suburb, today).

I'm 3 times older the Possum Jenkins...and probably 3 feet taller. (No. That would only make him 3ft tall. Maybe if I was 8ft 5in....then I would be.)


4 is a good number, too.
You can play the four digit lottery (they have lottery in Penn?) and the winnings are higher.

[Blastgirl]

I know numbers are huge for people. Classic has worn the number 8 all of his Pro career and the fact that that number was not taken made being traded this past offseason easier for him.

[Mahnarch]

Hmm, '8'.

8 minus 3 is 5. I was born in May, the fifth month.

4 times 2 is 8 - and there are two Ostrotkiewicz..ii. on here.

8, 2 times is 16. Isn't Aido 16?

I'm trying to get a nice 'Lewa' number circle going, here.

[Phil]

You're good at making it all fit. You could be a trial lawyer.
What's the significance of
6/14/1971? Does that work well with anything in this forum?

[Mahnarch]

6/14/1971

HA! You're two months older than my Gran Torino!

Amazingly, you can still read the door jamb sticker and even though it's a '72', it was built in August of '71 (they don't say what day, though).

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6/14, take away your favorite number (4) and you've got 2/14.

2/14 is Valentine's Day.

Feb. is only 28 days long, except this year it was 29 - one extra day.

6+1+4+1+9+7+1=....holy crap!! '29'!

What did you do for Valentine's and/or Leap Day this year?

See? The numbers fit, you must acquit!

[Blastgirl]

You sure have the number system figured out. ;D

[Mahnarch]

I do my best.
I can come up with 'Random Math' on the spot.

What's your B-day, BG? (Just the Month and day, if you're not willing to provide, otherwise? [I'll default to 1931 if you don't provide]

Aaannnd, what's your favorite color?
What size shoe do you wear?

Who knows what'll come out in the end! Maybe you signed the Declaration of Independence!

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You know, it just occurred to me:
I never did do an "Exclusive" thread with you (non-invasive, of course).

I'll have to get on that.

I've got some time, right now......

*after posting this, I'm working on basic questions*