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by J. C. (Max) Wilkinson (Author)
The prevailing explanation that all forms of Wilk/Wilkin beginning surnames being variants of "diminutive for William" or "son of diminutive for William"-and the presumption that this is of Norman in origin-is simply not accurate.
-George Weigel, Bestselling author of
Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II [The] trail... has now been blazed.... [T]his first-rate new analysis Forgotten Wolves of Wilkinaland.... deftly leads the reader on a scientifically and historically based journey to where the name 'Wilkinson' originated ... Wilkinson traces... with amazing precision and compelling evidence back 1,500 years... journey[ing] through ancient European tribes... to Norsemen to Scotsmen, Irishmen and eventually Americans. Wilkinson wrote his book to help his children understand... their roots .... [and] he has provided us all with a unique opportunity to learn the origins of our roots and our name.
-Dave Wilkinson, author of
Those Audacious Wilkinson Brothers
Author Biography
J.C. (Max) Wilkinson is a father of three, Catholic Christian, a Constitutional conservative, a former U.S. Army Infantry and Engineer officer (LTC, ret.), and a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a lay genetic and traditional genealogist and holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Dakota and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa. He lives and works as an attorney in Virginia and West Virginia, and has done so for the last twenty-four years.
