This is my mother's maiden name and her grandparents originally were from the Ukraine.  We know that there are more out there somewhere.  The spelling of the name was adjusted to this version.  I don't know the original.
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Try Komyshyn.\n\nHope that helps!\n\nKind regards.
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I do not know anyone by that name but there are a couple websites that are helpful with these things like ancestry.com or houseofnames.com have you tried like yahooing geneaology search or something. hey good luck
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http://www.last-names.net/ easy enough eh? looks promising so good luck... ^___~
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Muir is a really tinky name in Scotland, not sure if you know that word over there, it means like gypsy or horrible caravan-living scum. Best not to investigate, the only people I know with that surname are mentally subnormal thugs who joined the police so they could throw their weight about.
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why don't you start with this:\n\nhttp://genealogy.about.com/cs/adoption/a/adoption_search.htm\n\nWe just found out my mother in law had a baby in the late 50's.  She was contacted by her son (who lives in Australia) and they've been corresponding ever since.  She was 'forced' to give up her child, and no one knew about him except my MIL and her siblings.  It was a very scary thing for my MIL to 'confess' to her family there was another child before them.  But it's a great weight off her shoulders.  She is happy to know her son had a good life and is not angry with her for giving him up.
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I just looked in the new age baby name book and the very best baby name book and neither were in there(both books have many nationalities).  The name was apparently created for some reason.  It probably isn't race specific.  The closest is Romi/Romy which is French and English
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your parents and thier parents are your ancestors.. Beyond that, there is little you can do to accurately trace your lineage. Names, throughout history, have been basterdized and adopted without reason. You can trace your name to a certain region and maybe even a certain family tree, but you can't be certain that they are trully your relatives.  Legal papers, back in the day, were very easy to fudge. My own grandmother is written as her uncle's child.. In legal papers, my great-grandmother never had any children.  Imagine further back, how messed up the tree gets.\nIn other words: cherish the people who will one day be gone and keep accurate records, so that down the line, your descendants will know exactly who YOU were.
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I completely agree, some people that answered don't understand that you KNOW what they mean, just that they should be reversed. I think if someone had a father that remarried, then she should be your Mother-in-law, like the person before me said, "mother-by-law", that counts here too, because she would only be your mother by law. Good question!!
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Actually, it is spelled Belarusian now. It used to be spelled Belorussian during Soviet times. It is essentially a mixture of all neighbouring languages: Polish, Russian and Ukranian. The differences are very slight, but I think people who speak Belarusian understand other Slavic languages much easier than those who speak Russian. I could go into detail if you'd like because I speak both languages fluently.
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People with surname like that are usually aware that people may not know how to pronounce it properly. It will not be a big issue (and I am sure it won't offend her at all) if you were to ask how to pronounce it. Just make sure you listen carefully THEN repeat it so you will likely remember it.
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Hmmm.  No no, its not "good" in that situation you describe.  It's more of a regional or at best an American colloquialism.  I think the best translation to russian would be something like "nu sho" or maybe even "tak" as in the sense of Ukrainian people who like to start sentances with "tak" meaning something like "Yes, now we are going to talk about heating oil".
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You should ask this question again.\nYou forgot to give your husband's name.\nRemember to give his middle name as well and what part of Rochester he was from. All clues help. I am a genealogist.
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I kept my married name until I remarried, but the children were older then.  I think to give them a sense of belonging and security, however much you want rid of the name, then you should keep it.  Put their feelings first before your own.
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I would suggest you go to a site called Ancestry.com and search there. I haven't been there in a long time but I know they have lots of information. You will probably have to sign up to search. Good Luck....Patty
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as you said in your question, you would just change it from one to the other, legally of course at the courthouse, \n\nhowever if your looking for a literal translation there is none for english names, those words did not exist in our history.
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I don't have an answer but I'd like to share with you my experience of this.I recently worked at a local building society and a co worker of mine was Chinese.He told me he was called Ben but that it wasn't his real name,He'd changed his name to sound more 'westernized '.out of 'feminine curiosity' I asked him his real name,expecting something UN pronounceable............"LEE", was his reply !!!!!
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Be original!  Find a name that has nothing to do with either family so there are no hurt feelings.  Good Luck