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The original was posted on /r/armenia by /u/labratN33 on 2024-10-28 16:08:53+00:00.

Before Bolsheviks came to power in Armenia in 1920s, family name of my ancestors was Ter-Margaryan, but later it got changed to Margaryan. There are two explanations that I know of why it happened:

1. Bolsheviks were atheists who throughout the years of Soviet Union attacked church numerous times.

The person after whom the family name became Ter-Margaryan was a known priest in surrounding villages.

1. Bolshevik’s policies against rich people.

My great-grandfather’s brother was Gaspar Ter-Margaryan who lost whatever he owned and fled to France to avoid further persecutions.

I wonder how other families kept the prefix “Ter” in their family name.