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July 2, 2009, 08:24 PM
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Can anyone explain why brother safin and sister safina have different spelling of their last name.

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July 3, 2009  01:55 AM ET
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it is a russian thing...females get the "a" at the end...For example, if the brother was Petrov, the sister would be Petrova, etc...

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