Is it normal none of my grandparents names were their real names?

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My grandparents were 1st generation ( kids of immigrants) born here. Most born between 1920-1930.
Doing some research almost none of them went by their birth named almost like it was a secret.
Grandma Jeannie was Genevieve
Grandpa Ted was Taddeuz
Uncle John was Jan
Aunt Amelia was Michealine, etc.

Seems weird to me what yiu think?

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  • 555
    1 year ago

    That's normal, they just changed their names to ones that were easier to pronounce for the people of the country they moved to. Likely saved them a lot of time and avoided embarrassing situations.

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  • RoseIsabella
    1 year ago

    Genevieve is a nice name. Where are your geezers from?

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