On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:05:10 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

nestork wrote:

How many Bowmans are decended from someone who was a particularily good
archer. Alternatively, how many Bowmans are decended from someone who
cut wood in the King's forest for making long bows and arrows for the
King's guard. Here in Winnipeg, our newly elected mayor is named Brian
Bowman, so there's a lot of Bowmans kicking around.


And how many Bowman's are descended from people that never were anywhere
near the British isles? In the graveyard where many of my people are buried
you can see my grandmother's maiden family name morphing over the years. The
oldest stones have an umlaut, the newer one the oe dipthong, and finally all
that's left is the e.

Which is where and why I mentioned Ulias.