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  • RoyalBoyle78
    Aka."Footballforever"
    • May 2003
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    Mike Lowell....WTF

    I was just looking at M Lowell stats on ESPN, Did you guys know he's Puerto Rican.......I never new this...I always thought he was white.
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  • eXperiment63
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    • Mar 2004
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    #2
    Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

    He's actually Cuban, just born in PR.

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    • RoyalBoyle78
      Aka."Footballforever"
      • May 2003
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      Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

      Originally posted by eXperiment63
      He's actually Cuban, just born in PR.
      Well he's PR if he was bron there, thats how people tend to think that works. Also, What is Lowell, I didn't think that name was Latin.
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      • CMH
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        • Oct 2002
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        Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

        I thought this came up once when he played in Miami. How he was in a city with fellow Cubans.

        The surname Lowell is originally Norman French.
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        • ComfortablyLomb
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          • Sep 2003
          • 3548

          #5
          Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

          Originally posted by FootballForever
          I was just looking at M Lowell stats on ESPN, Did you guys know he's Puerto Rican.......I never new this...I always thought he was white.
          His father is German/Irish. The guy moved to Cuba in the 60s. I'm not so sure about his mother but my guess is she was from Cuba.

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          • rsox
            All Star
            • Feb 2003
            • 6309

            #6
            Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

            Eh, whats in a name?.

            I once knew a Mexican girl who's last name was Wong.

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            • sammyc521
              Pro
              • Feb 2003
              • 950

              #7
              Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

              Don't forget one of the most famous Lee's in the US.

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              • TarHeelMan
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                • Jul 2002
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                Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

                Originally posted by ComfortablyLomb
                His father is German/Irish. The guy moved to Cuba in the 60s. I'm not so sure about his mother but my guess is she was from Cuba.
                Yeah, if you go to places like Chile and Argentina and other places in Central America, you will see plenty of German and Jewish surnames, like Oscar Schmidt, for example... I think it was something about a lot of Jews going there to escape Nazi persecution.

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                • homer73
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                  • Mar 2004
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                  Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

                  Originally posted by TarHeelMan
                  Yeah, if you go to places like Chile and Argentina and other places in Central America, you will see plenty of German and Jewish surnames, like Oscar Schmidt, for example... I think it was something about a lot of Jews going there to escape Nazi persecution.
                  Actually, kind of the opposite... many South American leaders(dictators) back then were fascist friendly. Alot of Nazis fled to Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay, but might have been because there was already a decent German population there to hide out in.

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                  • oakfan162
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                    • Mar 2006
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                    Re: Mike Lowell....WTF

                    Originally posted by homer73
                    Actually, kind of the opposite... many South American leaders(dictators) back then were fascist friendly. Alot of Nazis fled to Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay, but might have been because there was already a decent German population there to hide out in.
                    Don't want to open a Pandora's box, but it was with the aide of the Vatican. They were known as ratlines.
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