I'm descended from a Spainard. Family lore, is that he fought for Napoleon. All we know about him, is that when he settled in Sweden, he changed his name. Not that this is unusual, it was changed again by one of his descendents after the emigration from Sweden, so my last name is now Green. The reason both times was probably to protect the guilty but I disgress.

This is driving me nuts. The trail only goes back to him and no further. We also all have blue eyes in the family. Now there are blue eyed Spainards. Some of them probably did fight for Napoleon, may have been just a few, but I just don't know.

I was discussing this with my neighbor who has done some history studies. He gave me this qoute, "Beware the blue-eyed Spainard", and said that my ancestor could have been a Basque.

I wish I could dig the old guy up and ask him, but that ain't happening. Any suggestions or places to look?

Thanks much,

Roy