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Your family name did not come from a mistake at Ellis Island

So how did Jensen become Johnson, Koenigsberger become Kingsley, and Mlodzianowski become Murphy?

An Italian family prepares to pass through Ellis Island, 1905.

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'Goblin mode' is Oxford Dictionary's word of the year

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A word to the Y's on Ukrainian and Russian

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Have yourself a cracking St. Patrick's Day

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The problem with mask mandates for speech therapy

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Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from House committee

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Japanese restaurants fight back against viral 'sushi terrorism' trend

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