Los Gabaldones arrived in what later became New Mexico somewhere in the very late 16th century, and were peacefully acquired by the United States by the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, so that side of the family didn’t actually come from Mexico they were just there when that part of Mexico became part of the US). However, my ancestry is both English and Mexican-American (well, “Hispanic,” let us say, or latino, as you prefer. I declined to take my husband’s name when we got married, on grounds that I’d been spelling “Gabaldon” for twenty-five years, and was attached to it.)Īmerican. They invariably pronounce it to rhyme with “mastodon.” One of these days, I’m going to put the accent mark over the “don” that the name probably had when it came from Spain back in, and see if that helps.) (It is, btw, my own (maiden) name. It rhymes with “stone.” (For reasons unknown, people from New York City are completely unable to pronounce my name. In Spanish it’s pronounced gav-ahl-DOHN (still with a long o).

My name is pronounced GAB-uhl-dohn (long o). If you don’t want to know anything about the books you haven’t read yet, be cautious in your reading. Readers be cautioned that some of the answers to these questions will contain SPOILERS. In others, she has edited the original answer to include more information. In most cases, the answers are direct quotes from Diana’s posts. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) below about Diana Gabaldon and The Outlander Series have been taken from her answers to the questions from her online fans (America On Line and CompuServe). Diana Gabaldon currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband, two big, fat dachshunds, 2.5 cats, a varying number of parakeets and a lot of uninvited wildlife.

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