Talk:Hans Van Eeghen

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Connection to the deGroots??

• I googled the surname Van Eeghen and found a page:

http://worldroots.com/foundation/personages/hugodegrootdesc1583-10.htm which is about the descendants of Hugo de Groot interestingly there is a man Jacob Van Eeghen Can this man be our Jacob?? --   Steff    talk    contribs    email   07:31, 19 June 2008 (PDT)

• • I'm pretty sure this is a coincidence. Neither of these surnames is rare in the Netherlands. --Doc 13:34, 20 June 2008 (PDT)
    • Yeah, i know =) but i thought it was worth mentioning --   Steff    talk    contribs    email   12:29, 21 June 2008 (PDT)
      • It could very well be Dutch, however, due to the old spelling used, it is more likely Flemish because the Flemish names are spelled with old spelling.

This is because of the Spanish basically. When the Dutch modernised their spelling the south was still under Spanish control, and thus the names in the north changed spelling, and in the south did not. When the country was split into Holland and Belgium this difference remained. So the more logical Dutch spelling would be Van Egen or Eegen, without the H. Another example: Kuiper in Dutch is usually Cuyper in Flemish (Cooper in English). --Mace1337 09:41, 15 August 2008 (PDT)

Emails

• I don't think we need the Emails listed here because we already have the Correspondence page. Coolguy0934

• True. Delete them. Double information sucks.--Mc peko 06:28, 25 August 2008 (PDT)

Merge With Black Swan Article

• This is not necessary, even though he said he was Black Swan, we may not know if there is a true black swan out there