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It's completely off, haha, since I emigrated. But my grandfather did indeed come from Scheveningen, which lies inside that one hotspot. There are basically a handful of last names that up to a few generations ago were as good as unique to that fishing village, and Van der Zwan is one of them. I try not to think too much about the genetic implications of that fact.

(now I wonder how you knew that "Kees" is a Dutch name)



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