"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > At the chance of sounding ignorant... > > I was at my Doctors office today, he is a sweet, gentle, older man > from the Phillipines. His off ice is staffed with mostly family > members of the same decent. I was asked today to pronounce my name, > of course I thought they meant 'Guarino' since it is commonly > pronounced as 'Green no' or 'Garr e on no' you get the picture... :) > Well I was shocked when the nurse responded "not with > Guarino"...(perfectly pronounced) before I could say anything...she > needed help with my first name! > > Then within 10 mins...the receptionist asked me if 'Guarino' was > Spanish decent...I answered kindly that it was not, but was Italian. > She looked at me with confusion and replied..." Hmmm their are many > Guarino's in the Philipines" This is the first I have ever heard of > the last name Guarino being from that part of our world. Has anyone > else heard this before? If anyone can shine some light upon this, it > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Shar You might pose your question on the Guarino Family Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com found at http://genforum.genealogy.com/guarino/ Good luck, Joe Pessarra in Texas