Re: I am a Christensen
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In reply to:
I am an Christensen
11/15/01
With spelling as indicated, being Danish is high probablility.As explained here (http://members.home.net/eaglesphan2/research.html) Danes got the surname Christensen because their father's FIRST name was Christen.Could have been Christen Hansen, Christen Pedersen, Christen Christensen, etc.This system of patronyms finally ended in the late 1800s and it's important also to know that if you were a female child of Christen (something) your surname became Christensdatter and this name did not change when you married.Therefore when looking at Danish census records for a particular family, one could see as many as four surnames if there were both male and female children.
The bottom line is that Christensen and any other Danish name is very "generic" and the chances of randomly meeting another person with the surname Christensen and having them turn out to be a relative are virtually zero.If starting with Danish records, the only way to find your Christensens is to understand exactly where they resided in Denmark.
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