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Isn't it however understood in the sources that whether they were Aromanians or not, they anyway were Vlachs in its oldest and widest meaning? ObRoy 00:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

It is not known whether they were anything but Albanian - it is believed that they were, but not known for sure. For the rest,it seems to be backwards: whatever they originally were, many of their descendants chose to be Romanian. Dahn 00:57, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh so they were Vlachs as well? In any case, you do realise that "Ghikas" is the commonest version of the name in English. Ghica can refer to countless other people, but its Hellenized form refers to the Phanariote family. How come this article doesn't say that the family was Hellenized in order to became boyards? Nevermind, we all know the answer to that. Miskin 13:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

So according to some people's logic, every person who is the ancestor of the Ghikas, in Greece, Romania and Albania, will be a member of a "Romanian family". Why not the other way around? The Ghikas was a Hellenized family of Albanian origin, there are many Ghikas in Greece and Ghica in Albania, I don't see how we can label as "Romanians" now. At least find a source for it, that's the minimum effort for making edits. Miskin 13:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)