“Nobody Told Us Our Name Was Famous” — 12 Trini Surnames The World Knows, And The Village Of Each

🧬 YOUR SURNAME HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE TOO. FIND OUT WHERE 👉 https://theafricangenome.com 👈 The Surname Papers: the oldest kind of record your family name is likely sitting in, the archive that keeps it today, and the questions to ask your eldest relative while they can still answer. In 1971 the best basketball player on Earth gave his surname back. It came from Trinidad. A name printed on a bottle in almost every bar in the world. A word cricket had to delete. A lawyer from San Fernando who sat across the table from the British Empire. A Saturday-night dance the whole planet copied. And a Nobel Prize. You have seen every one of these surnames. Almost nobody told you they were Trini, or which village each one comes from. 👇 Tell us in the comments: your surname, the famous person who carries it (or "nobody yet"), and your family's village. 🧬 Every family that gets The Surname Papers keeps this channel going and brings you more episodes like this one 👉 https://theafricangenome.com #Trinidad #TrinidadAndTobago #Trini #Surnames #Genealogy #CaribbeanHistory #Tobago #FamilyHistory