Out of curiosity I did a Google search for my maiden name. Everyone in the world who has this last name is related to me* and I wanted to see what came up.
Nothing. Not a damn thing about "my side" of the family. My California/Nevada relatives have all kinds of stuff pop up about them, but nothing about the Ohio side. What's up with that?
Half of the California side I have never met and we don't really keep in contact with them. (My Ohio uncle talks to my Nevada uncle once in a while, and lived in Nevada for a while. I guess it would help if I talked to the Ohio uncle once in a while? I talk to the Croatian side more than I talk to the Ohio side.)
*How do I know that everyone in the world with this name is related to me? My maiden name is an Americanized version of a very Croatian surname. When my grandpa came to the US they changed it. Not even his brother (who came with him) got the same last name.
My grandpa is from Delnice, a town in western Croatia.
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Have you ever been to Croatia? If not, save for the next 5, 10, 20 years (however long it takes_ and take a vacation there. One of the most spectacular spots in the world.
I haven't. My cousin Stanislav wanted us to go with them the last time they went, but we decided to wait until the kids were older.
He said it is really expensive, now that famous people have figured out how beautiful it is!
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