is it toe and 头? the former one means one particular part of your feet. and the latter one in Chinese means your head. And they share a very similar pronunciation.

well, there's a huge population in China,your words remind me of an old Chinese saying that "五百年前是一家" which means two strangers or friends who share the same family name might be relatives 500 years ago.So that is quite common when two people meet in China, who happened to share the same family name, they may laugh and say this sentence to each other. As for me, my father's name wong or wang 王. which may make me related to 王安石 Wang Anshi (an author and statesman in Song Dynasty)王羲之 Wang Xizhi (a calligrapher in Eastern Jin period) my mum's pu 蒲is a very rare familly name in China, the only one comes to my mind is 蒲松龄 Pu Songling ( an author in Qing Dynasty)

Hi! Mats, how about 马聪，it sounds close to your original Mats, also, 聪 could mean bright, smart, clever in Chinese, we often say someone is 聪明 when he or she behaves wisely and shows great talent. If you like ，you could also add 思 between them, 马思聪 sonds more 文雅

Generally, no, but when i pick my phone number, I incline to choose the one with more 8 or 6 in it and with fewer 4. since 8 and 6 are considered more lucky than 4 in China, although there are definitely no scientific theory to support it.

yes，but it will take quite a long time, maybe the day after my grand-grand-grand.......child dies.
do you believe there are any E.T. in the universe?

monkeys? 囧