by grancestry | Jun 6, 2021 | Education, Videos
Prof Gonda van Steen prepared the following handout especially for Greek Ancestry’s followers! You may download it by clicking on the button below....
by grancestry | May 30, 2021 | Articles
By Giannis Michalakakos – Teacher of Family Studies, Msc Cultural Management In Greece, most of the surnames derive from nicknames, patronymics (paternal given names), occupations and places of origin. The surname “Kassotakis” is an example of the...
by grancestry | Apr 8, 2021 | Projects
By Carol Kostakos Petranek In 1981, college student Angelyn Balodimas-Bartolomei sat in the plateia of Pylos, Messinia, and met her Greek family for the first time. As her father introduced her to mostly older relatives, she had no inkling that she would one day...
