Mother is English with roots going back to the North. (Not Scotland, but Liverpool and the such).
Father is English with roots going back to the South, being Devonshire. Although he himself was raised in Oxford as was my Mum.
Concerning family names, if it's fair to follow them, then my mother's maidenname is Marchant, which is the French for Merchant and would lead to believe that somewhere along the lines going back 1000 years, it comes from France or Normandy.
My Father's surname is adpoted however, but it was German in descent.
His biological parent's surname is a typical English name, Hooper.
