Digiarkiston keskustelufoorumi

Hello George, Nice maps! Thanks for the link. This is the Company, where I ordered my DNA-tests: https://www.familytreedna.com/y-dna-compare.aspx If you some day order any test and want to compare it to my results, it's easier, if you use the same test lab. I think the YDNA-67 is the best to start....

Hi, Yes, Kiuru is lark or skylark in English (alauda arvensis). As a familyname it has been used at least 500 years mostly in Carelia area. The etymology I don't know for sure, but it´s possibly from the word kjaer (from Denmark) --> kier --> kiero --> kiuru. Or maybe from the word djur (in Sweden ...

You can hear the word kiuru (sung) in the Finlandia hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfjohRtyU8 Around the 0:44 mark. Granted, he sings is kiuuuuuru, but that should give you an idea how it would sound. If you miss it, here are the lyrics, they might make it easier to hear. http://ingeb.org/s...

Hi, My family name is Kiuru but I have never seen it spelled like Kijora. Is there a possibility to do a DNA test. YDNA or Family Finder (FTDNA:s name to a test which finds your distant cousins) could tell you where to look after your roots. There´s many people in Facebook named Kijora. Have you tr...

Hi there in Finland :) My name is George Plieth and I live in Gdansk, northern Poland. My died last year mother Maria was born Kijora. She was born in 1922. My mother's family name KIJORA (Eng. spelling [keeyora]) is very, very rare family name and it has a few forms: KIJORA, KIORA, KIORRA, KYORRA, ...