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If he was Polish his first name would not have been Andrej and his surname SALWA correctly in Polish.
Distribution of the surname in Poland:
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/salwa.htmlCommon language and common tradition put our ancestors together.
found few SZALWAs, SALWAs, SZLAVAs, SZLAWAs in
www.ellisislandrecords.org