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 >

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 > >