Our family has always be Rowe-Blee, and came from Raplejay? French, or so the story goes. PMaeveReed@aol.com wrote: When I was growing up, it was confusing to me that there were people who pronounced their name Rowe- Blee. My grandmother said there was a family connection with them but she always pronounced the family name Robb - Blee. One brother in the Cornwall/Cornwell family changed his name due to a family feud and this led to a change in the pronunciation. If our ancestor's name origin is French, difficulties in pronunciation, illiteracy, or a wish to Anglicize it to "fit in" after the French and Indian Wars may have led to the change. Has anyone ever tried to trace it back and see when and where the split may have occurred? Just curious. Phyllis Reed ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at ROBLEE-admin@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROBLEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.