Listen to your grandpa or go to Slovakia
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This document discusses the author's journey to learn about his surname Paulovic. The author's grandfather originally told him the family came from Yugoslavia, but later research found they were actually from Slovenia. Excited to learn about his ancestry, the author made plans to visit Bratislava, Slovakia, but later discovered his grandfather was correct all along about the family originating from Slovenia, not Slovakia. The author went to Bratislava anyway and found it to be a charming city, but was unable to find any relatives with his surname there.
Listen to your grandpa or go to Slovakia
- 2. Hi ;)
- 10. Paulovic
- 11. Paulo Vique
- 12. Paulori
- 13. Paulo Henrique
- 14. Paulo Vitor
- 15. Paulo
- 16. 永温顎鉛達看
- 17. Pablo
- 18. The year was 2006 and I was eager to know about my surname.
- 19. I asked my grandfather and he told me our family came from Yugoslavia.
- 20. Yugoslavia = Bosnia and Herzegovina + Croatia + Macedonia + Montenegro + Serbia + Slovenia.
- 23. Gabriel was born in Slovakia and has been living in Canada for a while. He told me Paulovic is a patronymic.
- 24. Actually it is Paulovi, a Slavic name which is not that common, but not rare either in the Eastern Europe.
- 25. Patronymic A patronymic is a name based on a 鍖rst name of one's father or male ancestor.
- 26. Patronymic The patronymic varies if the named one is a man or a woman.
- 27. Patronymic Paulovi = Paulo + vi. Pauloviova = Paulo + viova.
- 28. 2012
- 29. I found many results pointing Paulovic family to Slovakia not Yugoslavia. I thought my grandpa was quite wrong.
- 30. So I decided to do an Eurotrip on my holiday and visit Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, in order to know my ancestors.
- 33. But...
- 34. It happened that I had already set my backpack, bought my 鍖ights tickets, my reservations, my itinerary and...
- 35. ... someone sent my a link to the brother of my- grandgrandgrandfather's history. And guess what?
- 36. My family came from S L O V E N I A.
- 39. My grandfather was so right, and I, a stubborn, missed the right country by 500km :(
- 40. I was so excited about visiting Bratislava that I decided to go there anyway.
- 42. ahoj! / hello!
- 43. Bratislava is the capital and the most important city of Slovakia with 450k+ inhabitants.
- 44. It's on both banks of Danube River, it's about 1 hour from Vienna and about 4 hours away from Budapest.
- 45. 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.
- 46. Bratislava Castle (Bratislavsk箪 hrad).
- 47. Bratislava Castle (Bratislavsk箪 hrad).
- 48. Slovak Radio's inverted-pyramid-shaped headquarters.
- 49. The national dish is halu邸ky: potato dumplings with sheep cheese. It's usual to drink milk-based beverage with this.
- 50. Nov箪 Most (New Bridge) across the Danube featuring a UFO-like tower restaurant.
- 54. Paparazzi.
- 59. The experience worth. Bratislava is a great cozy city, but I could not 鍖nd any Paulovic there.
- 60. Next time your grandpa give you some advice trust it or you might be some kilometers wrong.
- 61. Thanks for listening to me. D'akujem!