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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2710064" data-attributes="member: 85785">My surname is a very popular one around N.Wales.my ancestral heritage is the North West Wales including Anglesey.but born in Merseyside.Mother's side is East yorkshire,  around Hull. they met at the start of the war, a typical story of wartime circumstances.Burma, My dad was a Chindit.he took part in the second phase of Wingates foray behind Japanese lines.double malaria, and lucky to come home, and he wouldn't talk about it at all.he did however, bring home a couple of souvenirs, an officers sword, and a pistol. Which he sold to my aunty, who had a stall on Portobello road market.He finally arrived home in '47. Four years after saying to my mum, he will see her at the weekend.IApologies as well [USER=493089]@Catkysydney[/USER] for a derailment of huge magnitude.It is a wonder the mods haven't been nosing!Saved this bit of coincidence, my father was born in Shrewsbury, but moved as a baby to Merseyside.So he is a salop lad. Like yourself.And according to my DNA, I have Viking (Norse) in me. Not surprisingly from around here.My team is a Viking name, only Viking name in English footie.A huge battle, was fought only a few miles from where I live.  Back in the tenth century, Brunanburr.Best wishes mate.</blockquote>

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