Piglet! My Irish surname means piglet!
Like millions of Americans, I’ve been poking into my heritage using ancestry sites, such as FamilySearch.com.
That’s how I learned that “Purcell” is an occupational name of Norman origin for “swineherd.”
My name derives from the Norman-French word “pourcel,” which comes from the Latin word “porus,” which means piglet!
I always thought my heritage was mostly…