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My family comes from “Kempen“, Campania in medieval latin (a monk came up with that name), the fields between Scheldt and Meuse, in present day Brabant. Before, the area was called after a Germanic tribe that lived there, the Texuandri (taxandria/toxandrie), perhaps after the Taxus tree used to make fine bows.

A scaldi incolunt Texuandri pluribus nominibus

Plin. Nat. 4.31

Germanic tribes in the Low Countries
Llangernyw Yew
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