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Jaydawg^1133
Re: Dan Haren, chosen to play for the Netherlands, turns out to have NO Dutch heritage 
1/29/06, 1:25pm (<font size=1 color=white>Last Edited: 1/29/06, 1:25pm</font>)
     Dan Haren also claimed in the article that he was told by Holland officials that his surname has Dutch origin.  Well, I just looked up the name Haren in the <b><i><a href="http://ancestry.com" target="_blank">ancestry.com</a></b></i> website.  It turns out that Haren is an Irish name (true to his father's 100% heritage) and means "a long ridge or stony ground".  I knew the name wasn't Dutch because I went to school with a guy named O'Haren.  It's safe to say--by his own admission-- that Dan Haren has no Dutch heritage to speak of.  Somebody should question the WBC officials in Holland on this one.  Very suspicious....

[Jaydawg from Tarzana/CA]
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