Finucane wrote Now that is a fascinating story!  Do let us know what you find out.  You know that back in the days of slavery many of the slaves took the names of the families that owned them and perpetuated those names among their own descendants long after the institution was abolished.  Doesn't necessarily imply a blood relationship to have the same name.

Well my dad has our name traced back to the 1500's in whales, so I am pretty confident that he had my last name.  I will have to ask my dad about that.