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Take a Dit-tour

By Nancy Hendrickson Premium

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Don’t worry if you run across French ancestors who seem to have two last names with the word dit (pronounced “dee”) in the middle, as in Jacques Demet dit Beaulieu. The second surname is called a dit name (dit is French for “called” or “said”). Dit names differentiated branches of a family, making the names View Website VIP Subscription

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