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Post by Luna on Jul 17, 2011 19:32:41 GMT
I found this on-line and thought to share. It may not be directly related to Dwight, but then again it may be too. There is a bit of information on different Fryes and where they migrated from and settled, as well as an image of a potential family crest. www.houseofnames.com/frye-family-crest |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Jul 17, 2011 23:41:49 GMT
I found this on-line and thought to share. It may not be directly related to Dwight, but then again it may be too. There is a bit of information on different Fryes and where they migrated from and settled, as well as an image of a potential family crest. www.houseofnames.com/frye-family-crestIt's a nice cress, quite simple and not OTT, like some I've seen Out of curiosity, I was wondering, where did you hear about Dwight's German heritage because I couldn't find anything on DFLL about that? You know I've always wondered if Ella had Scottish blood, mainly because of her maiden name being Dodd. |
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Post by leah2359 on Jul 17, 2011 23:51:25 GMT
I too have wondered about his heritage. It's said he spoke German, so my guess has always been that maybe Ella's mother was German and she knew German and taught Dwight. But Dodd I always thought was either Scottish or Welsh and I think Fry is Welshe, right?
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Post by Luna on Jul 18, 2011 0:24:42 GMT
I read it on-line ages ago, and I apologize but I cannot seem to locate the link. I will continue to search for it though and share it here if I do manage to find it again. Also, like Leah, I assumed that he was German because he spoke German and Fry(e) is considered a German name too. I could be wrong though, as this link seems to clearly indicate that he would be of English/Irish descent.
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Post by Monk's Moll on Jul 18, 2011 1:01:10 GMT
Beautiful crest  . I thought Dwight was German and Scottish, I don't remember where I read that though. |
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Post by liz on Jul 18, 2011 2:42:57 GMT
Very cool! I wonder what nationality Dwight was as well.
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Jul 18, 2011 7:32:31 GMT
I don't know if anyone ever saw this but in the official Dwight website from years ago, in the section about Laura (I think) they made reference to the fact she made the journey to Copenhagen with Buddy (while he was working on a show) and implied this was special and a big deal. I don't know if this was because she was travelling to Europe or that there was a Scandinavian connection. I mean parts of Denmark have been classified as Germany so could that be part of it?
It seems odd that of all languages Dwight could speak fluent German (unless he could speak other languages as well and it's never made refernence to). He also had the stereotypical Germanic looks of blonde hair, blue eyes but then so do I so that doesn't mean much.
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Post by Monk's Moll on Jul 18, 2011 12:56:57 GMT
I saw that reference too, Mrs. V., I wonder if Dwight was part Scandinavian?
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Post by Monk's Moll on Jul 18, 2011 12:58:27 GMT
I also think it's pretty wonderful that Dwight's name is listed on the crest's page . |
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Post by leah2359 on Jul 18, 2011 13:27:33 GMT
It's quite possible he was all of the above, and then some. I'm an American mutt myself (Scottish, English, Welsh, Irish, German-Jewish and American Indian). And parts of Denmark were once considered Germany, right? it's possible his German heritage was also Danish.
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Post by Luna on Jul 18, 2011 15:37:12 GMT
Yes, I did see that at the old official site, but I always assumed that they said that it was special simply because it was her first time in Europe, but perhaps I am wrong and there was a greater significance to it. It is possible that he had multiple nationalities, but I do think that years ago people's nationalities were not as varied. You still had some first generations here in the U.S. so nationality seemed to be limited to one or two at most. I am "guessing" English/German for Dwight at this time, but again we can't be sure!
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Post by leah2359 on Jul 18, 2011 16:22:27 GMT
Also, there are a lot of German immigrants from Pennsylvania over through Indiana, and his dad was from Ohio originally, right? Maybe his dad was part German and taught him the language.
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. I thought Dwight was German and Scottish, I don't remember where I read that though.
