@Ane Marinovic Sisaric

I believed that Ane gave herself the surname 'Sisaric' because her family would not let her give their surname 'Marinovic' to an illegitimate child. However reading through her profile today I see that other members of her family including her father are also named Sisaric . Can anyone explain this for me.

Drina, as far as I know Sisaric as additional family name came from a nickname 'Sisara' or 'Big breasted women'

Andrija Marinović Sisarić
I've heard the same story about "big breasted woman" but that would be a rather odd name for Andrija to give himself, wouldn't it?

Ane Marinović Sisarić Well, it is all a little strange. I prefer to use the word voluptuous,myself.

I was thinking more to the point that Andija was a man. Perhaps it denoted his taste in women, or perhaps he himself was rather "voluptuous"? :)

Alex, it is a custom in our area that children inherit tnickname or a name from their parents. I can give you many examples, but in this case, she was 'rich' in her upper part of the body, and as such called 'Sisara', and her children became 'Sisarici' meaning 'children of 'Sisara'

That is the same story that i've heard from others including George Sisarich.

Why i asked my question was that Ane's father's profile lists him as Sisaric also ( Andrija Marinović Sisarić.
Assuming that his profile is accurate and his name was indeed Sisaric it would seem very odd for the father to have a surname based upon the daughter's nickname. Andrija is the "original" for the Sisaric name, his mother, father and siblings are all Marinovics.

I think you are correct here - but I need to check it before correcting this

Has anyone thought that maybe he was given this name because he was breast fed for a long time rather than his mother being big breasted. His mother died as a Marinovic, he was born as a Marinovic, the Sisaric part seems to have been given to him after he was born.
Lynette

I will ask Smiljana