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It has been said among family members with this name--one of whom is a professional genealogist-- that, when the government insisted that clans be identified by a family name, rather than a patronymic, that there was only one 'house' that chose this name. The name, in its various forms is said to
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have come from the concatenation of "Wer kennt Ihn", meaning "Who knows Him" ("Him" referring to God). So the family chose to be known as who know Him -- Warkentin.
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