Dominican Republic NT 2014-15

  • There's also young OH Natalia Martinez, but as far as I know she's not their sister...

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  • DOM shirt names are soooo confusing (like CUB).


    annerys valdez shirt says "vargas"


    This is spanish names conventions, their paternal surname isn't the last, for example, Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez, her paternal surname is "Vargas" and her maternal surname is "Valdez". The same for cuban voleyball player Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu, the spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué Bernabeu, etc.

  • yes, you are right… i know about spanish names, but i was wrong in that annerys' shirt says "valdez." (jineiry martinez is wearing her shirt, which has the # 1 and says valdez). so i guess she's using her mother's name on her shirt?


    brazilians, i think, are even more casual and informal about names. for example, lucarelli, i think his whole name is very long, but he goes just by one of his many "family names." (Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza)