One of those random questions rolling about my brain--what is his background? The surname "Frey" sounds Scottish to me (as does Glenn), though I thought I read from one of you fine posters that he (also) has German heritage...?
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One of those random questions rolling about my brain--what is his background? The surname "Frey" sounds Scottish to me (as does Glenn), though I thought I read from one of you fine posters that he (also) has German heritage...?
Glenn does say in the Strange Weather video filmed in Dublin that he of Irish decent through one of his grandmothers. In one of the After Hours interviews he said that he was of Irish, English, Scottish (I believe) & one other which I can't recall. It might have been German.
Me, too! Along with a little Welsh. OK...I'm a mutt.
Knew you Glenn experts would have an idea--thanks!
I'm from an Irish and German background as well - don't think I have any English or Scottish in the bloodline, but you never know. Hey maybe, we're all Glenn's kissing cousins! :headbang:
LOL mmm kissing cousins sound very good!!!!! I'm from a Czech, Irish, German decent.. LOL I feel like I'm just a mutt. LOL
Welsh/Irish/German/French?/English?/Undetermined Native American here...talk about mutts!!
Glenn's surname comes via Scandinavian mythology. In its modern form I think of it as German. (Think of the word 'freiheit' meaning freedom).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr
You will note that Freyr 'bestows peace and pleasure on mortals'. :headbang:
His ancestry on his mother's side is Irish. He refers to the Nortons & the Deans in the Dublin DVD as being family names.
The problem we have is that we don't know whether Frey is his birth surname because his mother remarried when he was very young.
I believe that he has Scottish blood too, because there was an anecdote told some years ago about him doing some family history research in Scotland.
Once again, like him my own heritage is primarily Irish (father) & German (mother) with some English & Scottish (mother).
Well if he ever wants somebody Irish to help him look into his Irish roots from the ground so to speak.......
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