si vous comprenez le francais et que vous sachez l'ecrire,je peux vous dires que c'est plus-tot d'origine italienne-,j'ai 68 fiches avec le nom de guarino-donnez moi le lieu et la date de naissance et je regarderais ,si je l'ai-bye marcello "[email protected]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:[email protected] > Thank you all for all the suggestions and comments...I guess I did > sound a bit ignorant...travel being the way it is now and even in the > past 100+ years it would only make sense that a surname would show up > in other parts of the world...i will continue my quest to found out > all there is to know about the surname Guarino, i do have questions > about my mother's madien name too...Finelli. I have tracked down the > ship my grandfather came over on and my grandmother, which her madien > name is Sesto. shar > [email protected] ("Cori Brendle") wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > > There is a strong Spanish heritage in the Philippines, which were once owned > > by Imperial Spain, and perhaps it is to this she was referring, hence her > > question regarding whether Guarino was Spanish. > > > > Regards, > > Cori > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:36 PM > > Subject: surname Guarino > > > > > > > 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 > > >