Abdelkader name origin (NOW with answer)

by DarthSparty on Feb 21, 2012 1:34 PM CST

I graduated from MSU last year, with one of my majors in Geography. I have always had an interested in guessing heritage based on last name. While in hindsight I should have gotten Abdelkader's origin correct, I guessed wrong. Before I post the answer, I am leaving it up to WIIM community to take a stab at the answer. Please do not post if you know the answer, or have looked it up on Wikipedia (looking at you mikerlz). Go ahead and guess, I will post the answer in a few days.

ANSWER: The surname Abdelkader is Arabic. His paternal grandfather, Yusuf Abdul Qadir (Anglicised Joseph Abdelkader), emigrated from Jordan at the age of 19 to Muskegon, where he later met a Polish girl named Susie.

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Had to re-post

In the previous post there was a guess of Dutch (due to western michgian family location)
and Armenian

by DarthSparty on Feb 21, 2012 1:35 PM CST reply actions

My guess

He’s the great grandson of Wallis Simpson?

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by J.J. from Kansas on Feb 21, 2012 2:04 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

What does that even mean?

by DarthSparty on Feb 21, 2012 2:11 PM CST up reply actions

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, previously Wallis Simpson (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 18961 – 24 April 1986), was an American socialite whose third husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and the Dominions, abdicated his throne to marry her.

Being the great grandson of Wallis Simpson would (likely) make him also the great grandson of Edward VIII of England.

… whose nickname was Edward the Abdicator.

by J.J. from Kansas on Feb 21, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

DAMN

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by Josh Howard on Feb 21, 2012 3:02 PM CST up reply actions

Bravo

It’s those kinds of references I make just to see the confused and angry looks on faces of people around me.

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by Brion on Feb 21, 2012 3:40 PM CST up reply actions

Did you know...

That every time I try to say the word “Abdicate” it comes out “Abdelkader” then it takes me a couple time to get it to come out right. Meanwhile, the person (s) I’m talking to are just staring at me like I’ve lost my mind.

by SlapshotGoal on Feb 21, 2012 4:10 PM CST up reply actions

How often do you actually use the word "Abdicate?" lol

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by ZWC11 on Feb 21, 2012 5:42 PM CST up reply actions

more often than you might think. But apparently nowhere near as often as I use the word "Abdelkader"

by SlapshotGoal on Feb 21, 2012 6:44 PM CST up reply actions

Ok, well its wrong :D

by DarthSparty on Feb 21, 2012 3:49 PM CST reply actions

I did just look it up....

Very neat! Nice interesting fact! Never would have guessed!

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by Kyllönen on Feb 21, 2012 5:15 PM CST reply actions

Yea, I was way off too

But once you figure out the answer, it fits perfectly. The K throws you off.

by DarthSparty on Feb 21, 2012 7:07 PM CST up reply actions

Well his name means servant of the powerful according my excessively expensive education in Arabic and Middle East studies, so I that narrows it down.

Based off his name, his light skin (though he could be and probably is mixed) and his phoenician nose… I would bet he is from the Levant, most likely Lebanon, since they are the Christian majority (he has a Christian first name as opposed to a Muslim one) and have the largest ex-pat population. This is also supported by the large Arab population in Michigan if he is from there. I assume he is because he played college there, but am not sure.

by Ghoststriker on Feb 21, 2012 5:27 PM CST reply actions