Suzanne Medes

Ancient & MODERN Origins

History, Middle East

Suzanne Medes is one of the few remaining descendants of the ancient Medes Tribe recorded thousands of years ago in historic relics, including the Bible.

The Medes Tribe was defeated by Alexander the Great during Mesopotamian warfare for control over Media and Persia, now known as Northern Iran.

Driven from their homeland, the Medes spread out around the globe, linking Suzanne Medes to distant Middle Eastern relatives now living in Spain, Greece, London, Africa, Germany, and the Philippines.

There are less than 1000 Medes remaining on the planet.

Suzanne's German grandparents immigrated to The USA in 1906, giving birth to her father in 1936, a first generation American, with European roots.

True to her warrior bloodline, Suzanne Medes is relentlessly dedicated to documenting and preserving Medes History and the name of Medes.

In 2001, Suzanne began locating and contacting everyone on the planet with the name Medes using the White Pages phonebook. In 2009, Suzanne Medes gathered her global family in an exclusive online community: Medes World, growing to over 600 members, almost everyone with an Internet connection and the name Medes.

The surname Mede is of ancient Persian origin. It refers to the Medes, an ancient Indo-Iranian people who lived in the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. Initially, the Medes were an amalgamation of several tribes. It later denoted the ethnicity and nationality of the Median kingdom's inhabitants, one of the early empires in the ancient Near East. The empire was known for its military and political prowess. Therefore, an individual bearing the last name Mede may have ancestral roots linked to this ancient civilization. However, like many surnames, geographic relocation, intermarriage, and other factors may have broadened its ethnic origins over centuries.

Ethnicity, German-Italian

Even with Indo-Iranian origins and a German-American father, the ethnicity defined in Suzanne's family was Italian, led by her first generation Italian-American mother.

The maternal grandparents of Suzanne Medes immigrated from Southern Italy, also landing in America at the turn of the century.

Suzanne Medes' Italian grandparents originated in Ruccolumera, within the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, a small village only 200 miles from Africa.

Modern relatives are still living in Italy, and welcome Suzanne for open visits to stay with family anytime.

Growing up "Italian" meant a loud house filled with the smell of amazing food cooking in the kitchen at all times.

Heritage, American

As a second generation American, with German and Italian grandparents plus deep rooted ancestry around the world, Suzanne Medes is proud to be an American.

American heritage comes with identifying as a safe citizen, in a land of opportunity, that is second to none; free to explore both sides of one's brain.

For Suzanne being American means having the right and privilege to decide your own destiny, no matter what.

Just like her ancestors who fled oppression, slavery, and murder, or her grandparents who fled their birthplaces for a new land, Suzanne Medes is fearless in her pursuit of happiness.

GALLUP CLIFTON STRENGTHS

Suzanne Medes, COMMANDER

TOP 5 GALLUP STRENGTHS

Commanders have presence; they can take control of a situation and make decisions.

Futurists are inspired by the future and what could be; they have the ability to energize others with their visions.

Restoratives are adept at dealing with problems; they are good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.

Connectedness people discount coincidences; every event has meaning.

Activators make things happen by turning thoughts into action; they want to do things now rather than simply talk about them.

FAMOUS AMERICAN RELATIVES of Suzanne Medes

Inventor of the Jump shot

American NFL Basketball Star

The cousin of Suzanne Medes' Italian mother, an The "inventor of the jump shot", Paul Arizin was branched from the Italian side of Suzanne Medes tree, but changed the spelling of his name to "Arizin" and ethnicity to "French" to avoid racism against Italians, a fact still hidden today.

https://www.nba.com/news/history-nba-legend-paul-arizin

https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/jackson/name/paul-arizin-obituary?pid=20275310