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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Richard	Report	31 May 2008 00:03
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Before any so called Geneologists put their spoke in, the name Gibb goes all the way back to 1066. The name has gone through many spellings and was likely to have been Guibe which was then written as Gybbe. An s was added to become Gybbes and the y changed to an i to become Gibbes. That in turn was shortened to Gibbs. A Scottish section of the family started in the late 1400's and s is not common at the end of a name so it became Gibb. In the mid 17th Century, part of the the Kentish Gibbs also dropped the s, making the name Gibb as well.

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