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How can we track down our real Filipino surnames before the Spanish colonial rule?
Due to the catálogos alfabético de apellidos (1849), Filipinos were forced to take a surname from the Spanish decree and nowadays, Filipinos can barely track back their real surnames and the meaning behind them. Our names tell stories and it would mean a lot to my partner and I if we could find out what my unique last name could be of.
We have tried everything from scratch, google searches and AI.
Does anyone know how we could discover our real Filipino surnames?
u/RavenOceans — 5 days ago