Guevara Lynch?

[Knowledge 6 6 6]

If Che's dad's name was 'Ernesto Guevara Lynch', why didn't his son carry on the 'Lynch'? Why was it dropped? Is it a cultural thing?

[CubanFox]

Well, in Spanish speaking countries, people have two surnames. Che's full name was Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, his father's was Ernesto Guevara Lynch.

The first surname is his father's first surname, the second is his mother's maiden first surname.

[bluerev002]

Yeah, I thought they did that everywhere.

Like me, I have both my fathers and my mothers last names. My fathers comes first.

[PRC-UTE]

'Lynch' :D because he had Irish ancestors! :o

[chebol]

Have you read Brownie's story about the Troubles, a molotov and Che's "Guerrilla Warfare"?

[PRC-UTE]

Have you read Brownie's story about the Troubles, a molotov and Che's "Guerrilla Warfare"?

No, I haven't read anything by Brownie about that, but I have read Che's manual on guerilla war. Should be required reading and it reminds me a lot of "Guerilla Days in Ireland" by Cmdnt Gen Tom Barry, everyone should read that, too. I've often wondered if Che did, because there are so many similarities.

[fernando]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19 2004, 09:17 PM
Well, in Spanish speaking countries, people have two surnames. Che's full name was Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, his father's was Ernesto Guevara Lynch.

The first surname is his father's first surname, the second is his mother's maiden first surname.
Yah in Holland Im not allowed to do that, so I only have one surname here, while in Peru (or any other Spanish country for tha matter) I use both

[Latin American Socialist]

Yea, like my full name is Sebastian Andres Alberto Anarcho Alejandro Murillo Coronado di Vigil Lopez. In America, i use Andres Murillo, in Mexico, i use Andres Murillo Coronado or Anarcho Coronado. In all other Latin America, i use Andres Alejandro Coronado or Anarcho Coronado de Murillo.

[fernando]

Yah, here I just use Stefan Blokker, or Stefan Fernando Blokker.
But in Peru I use Stefan Fernando Fransisco Sandor Blokker Gomez De La Torre :lol:

It makes me sound a whole lot more interesting...in Holland people are very impressed for some reason when you have a long name because most people here have short simple names like: Jan Smit

[schumi]

blokker as in de blokker winkels? :rolleyes:

[fernando]

yeah...Im not sure if Im related to the store people too...I know Im related to the writer Jan Blokker though :lol:

[__ca va?]

But in Peru I use Stefan Fernando Fransisco Sandor Blokker Gomez De La Torre

Sandor? Haven't you got a Hungarian origin too? :lol:

[fernando]

Originally posted by __ca [email protected] 25 2004, 02:52 PM

Sandor? Haven't you got a Hungarian origin too? :lol:
My father is quarter Hungarian..my grandmother is half Russian half Hungarian, my great grandfather served in the Red Army.

[seen_che]

Many peple have their grandmothers/grandfather´s names as midle names
My FULL name is Betty Maria Christina Gronblom

[fernando]

I have my father's name as my fourth name (Sandor), Fransisco is the name of my grandfather.

Normally it is sort of tradition to call their first son Fernando, but since most of us just ignore that my mom put that as my second name :lol: