>No, it did not come across wrong at all.
Good!

> Ireland, right?

Yes....the name is Irish and full of deh blarney! :)
American (I am) through and through.

>The point is that there are countless Polish, German, Japanese, Chinese, >Italian, etc. names that are from people born in the USA. Guess what? There >are countles of exactly the same kind of last names from almost anywhere.

Point taken.
You can kind of get a general idea sometimes about a persons background but you are right.

>My name, although being of German origin wouldn't tell you that I was born >in Argentina. People that know me personnally know that, although I may not >type with an accent, I do have one. {bg>

Which one, German or Argentinian? (sp???) < vbg >
Then I was partialy right at least. I was betting on German....your name that is.

Best to you.