Does my last name, Levesque, sound Korean or have roots in Korea?

[Anonymous]

I feel very connected with South Korea and its people.

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Yes, guys, I'm mainly French Canadian.

[Pyrofox]

Most Asian family names stop at like one or two syllables,

Levesque sounds more like a hybrid European name than Asian.

[Sixgunsound]

It sounds European, but I’m sure you’re aware of the Otaku phenomenon, I’m certain there must be a Korean version as well.

[menina]

It doesn't sound South Korean to me at all. It sounds more like a French name.

[Dinklex3]

No, lol.

Why do you feel connected with South Korea?

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

No, it's French, Hunter Hearst Hemsley ( Triple HHH) WWE Superstar has a last name the same name

[User3191989]

Are you by chance related to Jean Paul Levesque, otherwise known as HHH, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Jean Paul, sounds French to me, so, you sound more French than Korean

[OddBeMe]

That wouldn’t have been my first guess. It sounds French in etymological terms. If you are Asian, I’d say perhaps Indochina where the French had lots of colonies.

[TroyDT2]

Every Levesque I know of is either French or French-Canadian.

[EmmaMary]

Sounds more French than anything else.

[abc3643]

No, that's a French surname.

[Asker]

So? Primarily, yeah.

[abc3643]

So, 1) the name doesn't sound Korean. In fact, you will not even see a Q in anything in anglicized Korean names, so 2) no, it has no roots in Korean culture.

Embrace your Québecoise nature!

In the 1970s, I studied French for 4 years not for being able to go to France (which I did in 2007), but for the times I visited Québec, which I have done several times. I love it there, but still need to visit VIlle de Québec. by the way, my job right now involves PW Canada in Longueuil.

Anyway, embrace your Québecoise nature. After all, ...
"There's no Canada like French Canada. It's the best Canada in the land. The other Canada is hardly Canada. If you lived here a day, you'd understand."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJO8gW83BE

[Asker]

Fucking South Park is fucking stupid.

[Asker]

Also, Québec City is a breeding ground for racists and xenophobia.

[abc3643]

Actually, South Park is brilliant but you are too young to get many of its cultural references leading to jokes.

[goaded]

It sounds French, to me.

[Asker]

Because I'm from Québec and they whitewash everything.

[Agape93]

No and no, it's French based.

[Asker]

Whatever.

[Agape93]

Somebody is feeling rude today 😕 don't ask questions you don't want correct answers to.

[Asker]

No. I'm from Québec and they fucking whitewash stuff.

[Agape93]

Not your last name, that's legit a French name. No Korean origin at all.

[Agape93]

There is no "whatever." here.

[Asker]

Ok, so? I had a friend from SK who had Korean ancestry, but she was from Québec.

[Asker]

Wait, she's not from SK, her great grandparents are, but she has a white last name.

[Asker]

Just because I legally look white doesn't mean I fully am.

[Agape93]

Good for her, when Asians move to another country they tend to adopt westernized names based on where they are going, to better integrate to that society.

I don't give a damn about your race, hon. You asked about your last name, which is a French one, and French only. That is not up for debate, it is a fact. You don't have to like it.

[Asker]

It originates in France, but I think it's a Canadian last name.

[Agape93]

Which is still French, the second biggest denomination in Canada is FRENCH Canadian, as in culturally and, ethnically from France. This is not hard to understand, so why are you having such a hard time grasping this?

[Asker]

Because I feel in tune with South Korea.

[Asker]

There has to be some sort of Korean in me.

[Agape93]

Nothing wrong with that, but no, there doesn't have to be a drop of Korean in you. Take a DNA test to find out.

[Agape93]

@PrettyPriya any advice

[Asker]

I did.

[Asker]

I just didn't believe it because I had too much French... like, 82%.

[Agape93]

Any Korean in what's left?

[Asker]

No, but my mom said something about having East Asian in her DNA. It said I'm mostly French, some British, and slight Scandinavian & Native American. According to the test, most of my French ancestors came from Normandy to "New France" (known now as Québec). I'm guessing the Scandinavian comes directly from their ancestors and the Native American comes from them "mixing" when the French colonized their land. No idea where the hell the British comes from.

[Asker]

But that doesn't mean I don't have Korean at all... my mom said we have some in us.

[Asker]

Like, she's not a liar.

[Agape93]

Everyone lies hon, even your mother. There is no exceptions. And even according to yourself, your test showed no hint of Korean.

British comes from the British. It could come from anyone at any time in your lineage.

[Asker]

No, she didn't. She even adopted into Korean culutre when her father married a Korean woman, her stepmom and who I call my grandma.

[Agape93]

There are no exceptions, everyone lies. She may not have lied about that, but she has lied.
Wait, so she adopted into it, and is not biologically Korean? So that goes back to reinforce the test you took, which showed no Korean.

[Asker]

No, I swear she said that we did at some point.

[Agape93]

I could say that I'm Korean too, but that doesn't make it true. The test you took proved that your mother either lied or is ignorant.

[Asker]

My mom is actually really smart, and I highly doubt that she lied.

[Agape93]

Her intelligence means nothing, she can still be ignorant, and she can still very much lie. All you have is her word, versus DNA evidence. So if you pick her word over DNA evidence, I can't help you.

[Asker]

Ok, but I don't like claiming the title "French Canadian". I'm pretty sure French Canadians are known racists in other parts of Canada. Also, don't even think about spending a day in Québec if you're foreign because ohhh we're sooo xenophobic. I don't know French people, though.

[Asker]

The rest of Canada is always up our fucking asses, yet we gave those MFers their main symbolism. Hockey? Us. Bilingualism? Us. Maple syrup? US.

[Asker]

And BC is where all the "Asian Canadians" live, even though there are some outside of BC. BC likes to claim their the "New China" like Québec did France at some point, but we're not fucking French; we're hardly even Canadian.

[Agape93]

You don't have to claim it if you don't want to. I'm American, and not even far from your border. But I don't claim the title of American, I was just born here. Ethnically I'm Germanic and norwegian. But it's another thing to claim to be something you are definitely not. Now if you emigrate to Korea and become a citizen, you are very much Korean then. So that's your best approach

[Asker]

Then why can the Koreans come here and claim to be French Canadian?

[Asker]

And I want to move to SK, but I don't have the money. Fuck Justin Trudeau. Fuck your president. Fuck Putin. Fuck them all.

[Agape93]

Honestly, I have no idea, it makes no sense to me.

Couldn't agree more. I respect power and inner strength, none have it right now.

[Asker]

I don't hate the French in me, it's just lame.

[Agape93]

Lol well nobody said the French were exciting lovers.

[rosemilk]

dear, that's french...

[Apulu_Imback]

Sounds like European actually.

[JustiReno]

Naw bish u white af

[Fireguy17]

no, que is more french.

[Cubus]

I would say it's French.

[msc545]

Sounds French, perhaps French-Canadian.

[AngryCarl]

No, it's the French word for bishop.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Sounds french

[jimmy2]

With trans out there I damemand it 😂

[AmandaYVR]

Nope.

[SmokinAces2000]

Sounds European

[In_Trance]

no it doesn't