Posted By:	julie
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	Subject:	Re: Origin of Ralph Surname
	Post Date:	June 19, 2000 at 07:12:49
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/ralph/messages/192.html
	Forum:	Ralph Family Genealogy Forum
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My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Ralph. She was born in Scotland, but I know her father was Irish-Scots. My mother and one of my sisters have Hispanic colouring so we suspect that the Ralph's were 'Black Irish', in other words they were Spaniards who were ship-wrecked on the west coast of Ireland.