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    Swans player ancestry

    Just watched Marngrook Footy Show and found out that Dane Rampe's father is from Estonia. Who knew?

    Any other players with unusual ancestry that we know of?

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    Quote Originally Posted by YvonneH View Post
    Just watched Marngrook Footy Show and found out that Dane Rampe's father is from Estonia. Who knew?

    Any other players with unusual ancestry that we know of?
    Think Malceski had Macedonian

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    I never understood why commentators never ever mentioned it, but apparently Mike Pyke is Canadian.

    But seriously, Malceski has Macedonian heritage, Veszpremi Hungarian, the two Everitts are Latvian and TDL was famously called the Burmese kitten for good reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ugg View Post
    I never understood why commentators never ever mentioned it, but apparently Mike Pyke is Canadian.

    But seriously, Malceski has Macedonian heritage, Veszpremi Hungarian, the two Everitts are Latvian and TDL was famously called the Burmese kitten for good reason.
    Florent sounds French. Think Kennedy has Italian mum?

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    Boy oh boy (as Brian Taylor would say) how could I have forgotten all of the above.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blood Fever View Post
    Florent sounds French
    His paternal grandparents came from Mauritius, according to Wikipedia, so that checks out. Here's a useful page for researching the current squad.

    Ronke is a Germanic surname. Most of the rest of the current players sound pretty Anglo/Irish!

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    I believe Aliir Aliir came from Kenya with South Sudanese parents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neilfws View Post
    His paternal grandparents came from Mauritius, according to Wikipedia, so that checks out. Here's a useful page for researching the current squad.

    Ronke is a Germanic surname. Most of the rest of the current players sound pretty Anglo/Irish!
    I believe but could be wrong, that there is a South African connection, so Africaans, which is German heritage, so that make sense. I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by YvonneH View Post
    Just watched Marngrook Footy Show and found out that Dane Rampe's father is from Estonia.
    I thought Dane came from Denmark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primmy View Post
    I believe but could be wrong, that there is a South African connection, so Africaans, which is German heritage, so that make sense. I think.
    I think Ronke's mother is South African. It is how he came to be an NGA player available to Essendon. But that won't affect his surname.

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    Buddy Franklin is from another planet.
    Gold.

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