why does my classmate deny that he is Cuban?

Question

My friend and classmate, Jayden, claims to be Mexican American, although his last name is Castro. I am pretty sure he is Cuban. Castro is a Cuban last name and it is a well known fact. The only person I can name is Fidel Castro (Cuba's dictator). I assume Jayden is Cuban and ashamed of being Cuban. He doesn't hang out with other Mexicans and he mostly hangs out with white kids. Could Jayden be related to Fidel Castro?

I believe Castro is an extremely rare name, and there wouldn't be many Castros left. There aren't many people named Hitler or Stalin. I refuse to believe that there are Castros outside Cuba!

Answer 1

Castro is a Spanish surname. It based on the Latin word castrum which means castle or fort.It is a very old surname in Spain having existed before the Spanish language as we know it today even existed. Wherever Spanish people colonized they took the Spanish language and Spanish surnames. Cuba was colonized by Spain and there is at least one family with teh surname Castro there. Mexico was also colonized by Spain and there are several families named Castro here in Mexico. One of Mexico's most popular pop stars is named Christian Castro. His mother, Verónica Castro, is a famous Mexican television personality. I have met people with the Castro surname from Venezuela adn Spain. I have never met any of the Cuban Castros.

Answer 2

There aren't many people out there called Hitler or Stalin for one simple reason... they're either dead, or they changed their name legally.



After the war the name Adolph wasn't helluva popular in Germany - same goes for Herman and Goebbles. These names effectively tied the person so named to the attrocities - they would naturally choose another name to prevent being singled out.



Stop being silly. Castro is not just a Cuban name. If your friend claims to have Mexican heritage, there is nothing wrong with that. People willingly changed their names to Castro at one time. He was a hero to them.



If you crack open a history book, you'll see that many people changed their name to Castro - because there was once a time when Castro was uber-cool. Castro's name was manipulated by the media, so he became some sort of political super-hero who stood up for people's rights against the might and strength of the warmongering US of A, and said "no!".



The Bay of Pigs fiasco was to happen on another day - but Fidel's cards were marked. He had stood against the US government, and apparently won a moral victory. But, those naughty, naughty US government spooks are not known for taking "no" for an answer.

Answer 3

Castro is a Spanish Surname. Spain ruled more than half of the western world. That includes Cuba.

Answer 4

The SSDI Social Security Death Index has 17,623 people named Castro who died in the USA.

The 1900 census has 1,800+ people in the USA named Castro.



> I refuse to believe that there are Castros outside Cuba!

That's your right. There are people who don't believe the earth moves around the sun.



Here's the phone book for Lima, Peru

http://paginasblancas.com.pe/inicio.asp

It has 7,194 results for "Castro". You could repeat the experiment in any major Latin American city, or the Philippines, or the USA.

Answer 5

You are making a judgment with out sufficient research. You can refuse to believe what ever you wish, however The surname CASTRO is Spanish in origin and means One who lived at, or near, a castle or fortress 2)One from Castro, the name of over places in Spain.

The name is found principally in Aragón, Castile and Catalonia.

As for Stalin, and the numerous spelling variations for the name, it was found in what it now Belgium as early as the 11th century. It is believed to be of Germanic origin, but is linked to various spellings in England and Prussia as well as the British Colonies in America.



a variation of the spelling of the name HItler is not as uncommon in Austria as you might think



You should understand that who some one associates with has nothing to do with their ethnic background. You should also be aware that a variation of the spelling is also found in the Italian language.

Answer 6

Castro is a incredibly straightforward call in all Spanish conversing international locations. Fidel Castro retired various years in the past and isn't any longer "dictator" of Cuba. Why would desire to he be embarrassed approximately being Cuban?

Answer 7

There's nothing rare about the surname Castro in fact it's common in most spanish speaking nations

Answer 8

There are 25,000 Castros in the passenger lists coming from Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela and Mexico. Between 1905 and 1995, there were 60,876 Castro babies born in California alone.

You are wrong about the name and its origin, not to mention it is none of your business where your friends great great grandparents came from.

Answer 9

A surname does NOT tell you were someones ancestors are from and everyone with the same surname is NOT related.



Castro is a Spanish name and Spain at one time ruled and conquered many countries, in which case even if they were not originally from Spain people of those countries would have heard and take or been given Spanish surnames...........so your 'refusal to believe' is up to you, you reason for your 'ridiculous beleive' is rediculous......... you should never assume about things you clearly have little knowledge about