Quote Originally Posted by greenguzzi View Post
Hi cousin!

My surname is "Green". Both of my parent's families hail from Ireland. I was told by my dad that the name "Green" was adopted when the family moved from Ireland to London to hide their Irish heritage so to avoid prejudice. Anyone heard that theory before?
That brings up an important point. Just because a name may have originated from a certain region, doesn't mean that is where your family got it. It was certainly not unknown for families to adopt a completely different name when they moved to a new place (for reasons good and bad). The name they chose could have come from anywhere.