Up to now, I’m still wondering what my family name means. Am I related to Mr So-and-So? Or, to this famous music composer? I’m not sure. I haven’t ventured into tracing my family tree. Should I undertake a genealogical study of my family name’s origin. After reading Mr Renato Perdon’s account of how Filipino family names came [...]

What is Internet in Tagalog? We mentioned to all emanila.com members and users that our online translation service is not in Tagalog but in Filipino (Pilipino). It has now become obvious from Mr Renato Perdon’s “The Making of a National Language” why it is so. While Tagalog is the basis of the development of Pilipino (now Filipino) [...]

Site getting to be more interesting. There are also a number of Cayabyabs posting queries about the origin or meaning of their family name in The Origin of Filipino Family Names. Hope we can expand this to hear from others with different family names. Can we hear from the Aquinos, Macabulos, and others? Do you also [...]