This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACE/2111.3 Message Board Post: My name is Michael Kondus. I am trying to find out more about my family history. Iam 17 years of age and i live in Colorado. The most I know about my dad's side of my family is very little. my grand mother is know know as Jenavive Wienert from her late husband. but she was born with Lagowski. Her mother and father was Mary and Adam Lagowski they are from Poland. My Grandpa was born Edwin A. Karpinski he was in the Army during WWII. One night he went out with some sailors and went to a bar. He was a little intoxicated and they told him to join the Navy when he was already in the Army. He joined the Navy as Kondus the name of the man who had raised him. He had only lost a strip. Before my grandparents had there first son my grandma wanted him to choose one name out of the two and he chose Kondus. I ahve alot more but it is still very litte. please contactme for more information at Kondus_1@msn.com