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The Adamis effect is the tendency of immigrant families to the U.S. to alter or change their surnames in order to reflect those of prominent and [distinguished] historical American families. The first known case of The Adamis effect in the [United States] is found in the Greek progenitor of the Adamises of Huntington County, L.I., Stavros Adamis. In a deeply sly move, Stavros changed his surname from its original Greek form of 'Adamis' to that of the [Boston Brahmin] elite, 'Adams'. In doing so, he helped perpetuate the misconception that his current descendents do indeed descend from the Boston Brahmins.
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