listen to your grandpa or go to slovakia
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Hi ;)
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GuilhermePaulovic
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GuilhermePaulovic
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Paulovic
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Paulo Vique
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Paulori
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Paulo Henrique
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Paulo Vitor
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Paulo
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Paulão
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Pablo
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The year was 2006 and I was eager to know about
my surname.
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I asked my grandfather and he told me our family came
from Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia = Bosnia and Herzegovina + Croatia +
Macedonia + Montenegro + Serbia + Slovenia.
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OnebutgreatanswercamefromCanada!
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Gabriel was born in Slovakia and has been
living in Canada for a while. He told me Paulovic is a
patronymic.
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Actually it is Paulovič, a Slavic name which is not
that common, but not rare either in the Eastern
Europe.
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Patronymic
A patronymic is a name based on a first name of one's father or male ancestor.
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Patronymic
The patronymic varies if the named one is a man or a woman.
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Patronymic
Paulovič = Paulo + vič.Paulovičova = Paulo + vičova.
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2012
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I found many results pointing Paulovic family to Slovakia not Yugoslavia. I thought my grandpa was
quite wrong.
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So I decided to do an Eurotrip on my holiday and visit Bratislava, the capital
of Slovakia, in order to know my ancestors.
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But...
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It happened that I had already set my backpack, bought my flights tickets,
my reservations, my itinerary and...
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... someone sent my a link to the brother of my-
grandgrandgrandfather's history. And guess what?
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My family came fromS L O V E N I A.
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Slovenia≠
Slovakia
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My grandfather was so right, and I, a stubborn,
missed the right country by 500km :(
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I was so excited about visiting Bratislava that I
decided to go there anyway.
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Bratislava, Slovakia.
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ahoj! / hello!
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Bratislava is the capital and the most important city of Slovakia with 450k+ inhabitants.
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It's on both banks of Danube River, it's about 1 hour from Vienna and about 4 hours away from Budapest.
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Bratislava's citizens are very kind and hospitable. The city is very cozy and very small, you get used to the city map in hours.
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Bratislava Castle (Bratislavský hrad).
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Bratislava Castle (Bratislavský hrad).
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Slovak Radio's inverted-pyramid-shaped headquarters.
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The national dish is halušky: potato dumplings with sheep cheese. It's usual to drink milk-based beverage with this.
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Nový Most (New Bridge) across the Danube featuring a UFO-like tower restaurant.
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Chuck Norris bridge.
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Napoleon's Army Soldier
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Paparazzi.
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The experience worth. Bratislava is a great cozy
city, but I could not find any Paulovic there.
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Next time your grandpa give you some advice trust it or you might be some kilometers wrong.
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Thanks for listening to me.D'akujem!