Ciao! Ho trovato molte più informazioni che dovrebbero finalmente aiutarmi, oltre a fare un test del DNA. Mio
il nonno Sam Horvath è nato nel 1920 a Kotoriba insieme a suo fratello Michael nel 1913 anche lui a Kotoriba. Il loro padre era Blaz Horvath e nacque nel 1882 a Zagabria e fu battezzato a Jászapáti, in Ungheria. La loro madre era Emilia/Amellia (Ujlaki) Horvath nata nel 1884 a Zagabria. Blaz aveva un fratello di nome Istvan Aswell. L’intera famiglia (Sam, Micheal, Blaz, Amelia) se ne andò nel 1921, credo che se non fosse stato solo Blaz, poi l’altro più tardi di un paio d’anni. Se qualcuno conosce qualcuno/cosa soprattutto con il cognome Ujlaki, potrebbe essere di grande aiuto! Pubblicherò anche le foto!
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1s72fqn
di Jared5945
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Ujlaki is very common surname in kotoriba today
Based on the surname Ujlaki, it seems that your ancestors are from the part of Croatia called Međimurje, probably town Prelog. The town is close to the Hungarian border, so they are probably half Hungarian, half Croatian.
Horvath is a common surname in Hungary.
Reddit is probably terrible way to research this as posters here are more interested in daily news.
There is a facebook group with people dedicated on helping others on this:
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1491621441073063](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1491621441073063)
Otherwise, Horvat is the most common surname in Croatia and Slovakia and 2nd most popular in Slovenia, 5th most popular in Hungary.
It comes from the word Hrvat which means Croatian.
[https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horvat](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horvat)
[https://actacroatica.com/hr/surname/Horvat/](https://actacroatica.com/hr/surname/Horvat/)
But go to that Croatian facebook group and you will find some help.
Ujlaki means Newly Settled, similar to Croatian Novosel. Since Međimurje was part of the Kingdom of Hungary for most of its history, immigrants would get that family name, and they were not necessarily Hungarian by ethnicity. Also, Horváth often means “a person that came from the area between rivers Sava and Drava”, not necessarily a Croat.