Ernesto Guevara.... - got a middle name?

[Felicia]

Seriously, I've nearly completed the anderson bio of him...... and I can't find a middle name anywhere. Or maybe he's from one of those weird families that don't believe in middle names for the first born...... but either way, can someone help me with this or something....... (preferably not the 'something'; a name will do superbly)

[chamo]

I couldn't find it either. Of course it was Ernesto "Che" Guevara in his later years, but I looked through the first few pages and I couldn't find it.

[Alexius Comnenus]

I got his full name from "Bolivian Diary" intro and "Guerilla warfare" intro as well.

It is Ernesto Guevara de la Serna.
He had no middle names(I am not Spanish but I guess de la Serna means something like that).

BTW,Anderson's biography is fantastic and everybody should have it,leftist or not.

[Felicia]

de la serna..... that's his mom's last name. I know, spanish names are funny......

[chamo]

When Che gets his doctors degree he rings his father and answers his phone: "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna"

I suppose it's not a middle name, I don't think he has one but this is what some countries do, put both parents names together.

[Smoking Frog II]

Ernesto's father was called Ernesto Guevara Lynch, [Guevara being his father's name] and His mother was something something de la serna.

So what they do is you have your pa's pa's and your ma's ma's names. Confused already?

[Felicia]

Um, sure, well, thanks guys :)

[Wenty]

that anderson bio is so good, its like a bible. So much info on che, i loved it.

[Smoking Frog II]

It is a bible. I can't put it down, so I'm holding it as i write. The last chapter and the photos are the best. I hate the appendix, it's boring!

[Felicia]

Quote: from Smoking Frog II on 12:11 pm on Mar. 14, 2003
It is a bible. I can't put it down, so I'm holding it as i write. The last chapter and the photos are the best. I hate the appendix, it's boring!
Yeah....the appendix......
I've got about 40 more pages to read and then I'm finished!!!!! (finally, lol)

[canikickit]

Don't spoil the end for me. :biggrin:

In Spanish culture they add the mother's maiden name to the end of their name. It's fun! Try it yourself!

[Felicia]

Quote: from canikickit on 7:47 pm on Mar. 14, 2003
Don't spoil the end for me. :biggrin:

In Spanish culture they add the mother's maiden name to the end of their name. It's fun! Try it yourself!
oh, that really makes my name sound funny, lol. An irish name followed by a scottish one :biggrin:
haha, connell macoullogh (um, I can't spell that last one, oops)

[Felicia]

Quote: from canikickit on 7:47 pm on Mar. 14, 2003
Don't spoil the end for me. :biggrin:


He dies....oops :biggrin:

[canikickit]

He dies

Nooooooooo!!!!!!! Aaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhh!!!
How could you do that to me, Felicia?

[Larissa]

Quote: from canikickit on 8:47 pm on Mar. 14, 2003
Don't spoil the end for me. :biggrin:

In Spanish culture they add the mother's maiden name to the end of their name. It's fun! Try it yourself!
Not in Argentina, and that's why it's so funny for us that his coffin had his mom's maiden name on it. For us it was just Guevara Lynch not Guevara de la Serna, it's ridiculous here. I know that in the rest of the latin american countries it is very common to use the mother's maiden name, but not here that's for sure.

[Larissa]

Feli, you can request a copy of Che's birth certificate to the following address:
[email protected]
They used to send a jpg or pdf file as far as I can recall.

PS: Also, there is something curious about the double last names. In Argentina only the upper class use double last names. What's common is to have just ONE last name, your father's. And in some Latin American countries, it's kind of "mandatory" to use both last names' your father's and your mother's coz if you have only one last name, it means that your mom is a single (not married) mother. :smile: weird, isn't it?

In Cuba it's common to use your pa's and your ma's last name, maybe this is the reason why he was "labeled" Guevara de la Serna (Too weird for Argentina)

[canikickit]

That is very strange, Larissa. I'd imagine the Cuban tradition is the reason. A lot of the time people are given or use long pretentious names, and throw in a few initials and what not. Possibly a part of it (although posthumously, I'd imagine).

[Larissa]

Quote: from canikickit on 10:13 pm on Mar. 14, 2003
That is very strange, Larissa. I'd imagine the Cuban tradition is the reason. A lot of the time people are given or use long pretentious names, and throw in a few initials and what not. Possibly a part of it (although posthumously, I'd imagine).Yup, I agree with you, I guess the Cuban tradition must be the reason.

[Smoking Frog II]

Yeah, but Ernesto Guevara Lynch was called that in argentina.

[Felicia]

Quote: from Larissa on 12:57 am on Mar. 15, 2003
PS: Also, there is something curious about the double last names. In Argentina only the upper class use double last names. What's common is to have just ONE last name, your father's. And in some Latin American countries, it's kind of "mandatory" to use both last names' your father's and your mother's coz if you have only one last name, it means that your mom is a single (not married) mother. :smile: weird, isn't it?


yeah, that is kinda weird :confused: lol

[Larissa]

Felicia, Che didn't have a second or middle name. I have a copy of his birth certificate, I can send it to you by e-mail if you wish.

[Felicia]

I jsut sent you a PM, lol

"I was actually in the thread when I got your PM, hahaha. That's ok, I don't need a copy of his birth certificate, I trust ya :)
Thanks for the offer

felicia"

lol, I posted it here too (minus the typo, lol), and thanks again, I was really wondering about that :biggrin: