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Originally Posted by spangy
The reason I am called 'Spangy' by my friends is because NO ONE could pronounce my German last name - Spangenberg
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Honestly, I don't believe that your family name is difficult at all.
Where I grew up, German surnames were more common than English surnames; Stup, Shuff, Thomas, Zimmerman, Remsberg and Ramsberg (both from the original Riemensperger), Vogel, Houck and on and on. My own ancestors include Kessler and Walter.
From a local family graveyard:
