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Originally Posted by Buzzard
Cool, I'm not the only one then!
Not limited to Russia either. Czechs and what not seem to be included. Wasn't Martina Navaratilova Czech or soemthing?
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What steely was talking about applies to Russians (and maybe Ukraina).
Czechs have it different. "ova" is added for women, but nothing is added for men. So Maratina's father would be Navratil, not Navratilov
However, woman's surname can also end in simply "a" not "ova". For example, another former czech tennis player Jana Novotna. You can't substract "ova" because it's not there. So her father would be Novotny.
Now I too need a drink.