This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MsLefty Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/2263.2988.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Mike - I finally got my husband to start scraping his mouth for the Wright DNA project ... he made some joke about wiping his OTHER cheeks. Somebody mentioned German Wrights in a much earlier post. There is a possibility that my husband may have an ancestor named Anthony or Antony Wright b. about 1785 who claimed to be from Germany. It will be interesting to see if Dave is part of yet another Wright line. If this is the case, maybe the name was anglicized from "Reidt" - nickname for a curly-haired person, from Middle High German reite 'crisp', 'curly'; or habitational name from several places in Rhineland called Rheydt or Rheidt. Then again, it might be a translation of the German for a "wright" - Zimmerer, Schreiner, Tischler, Zimmermann. Most of his family is German anyway - I'm kind of hoping Dave is a Scots Wright - then he can wear a McIntyre kilt over his lederhosen. We'll see what the DNA shows ... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.