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    Are these names Russian?

    Hello. I was wondering if these two names are Russian, Belarussian, Polish.. or whatever.

    Karpik - My grandmother's old family name. She was born in eastern Poland, which is now Belarus.

    Bandik - My grandmother's family name changed to this after she married my grandfather.

    Thanks.

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    They are not Russian.

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    Maybe they are Polish

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    Or Ukrainian

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    Yea, I was thinking that too. My mother mentioned once that my greatgrandfather could of come from the Ukraine.

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    You don't know where your grandparents are from? Actually I don't know where my own grandparents are from, they are all dead except for one and I never met her. I assume she is from Ukraine like me and my mama.
    Vrei să pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei
    Chipul tau si dragostea din tei
    Mi-amintesc de ochii tai

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    Sorry, I meant to say great grandfather. My grandfather was born in New Jersey. I know his mother came from Krakow, Poland, but I don't know where his father came from.

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    Oh, great grandfather. I understand now.
    Vrei să pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei
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