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aiahninchi ohoyo aiahninchi ohoyo

posted on April 22

halito…
have been studying up in my choctaw dictionary and discovered a mistake that i have made and is posted on every genealogy forum concerning my folsom family relations…
my grandmother, who’s name is spelled AIAHNICHIH ohoyo everywhere is really spelled AIAHNINCHI ohoyo which means ‘respected/favored’ woman….would llike to know if this is correct…i would really like to see it corrected on all the genealogy forums…yakoke!!!

Erin Erin

posted on May 16

Cyrus Byington spells it aiahninchi in his dictionary.