Yes, Ana Kasparian is Armenian-American. The Young Turks host was born in Los Angeles to Armenian immigrant parents. Her background, what her surname means, and how she handles the irony of her show's name.
No, Giorgio Armani was Italian, not Armenian. Where the Armani name actually comes from, why so many people assume a connection, and what the fashion designer's real background was.
Yes, Andre Agassi has Armenian roots. His father, born Emanoul Aghassian in Tehran, was of Armenian and Assyrian descent and boxed for Iran in two Olympics. How the family name changed and what the tennis legend inherited.
Yes, all four members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent. Where Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan come from, and how the band made genocide recognition part of its mission.
Yes, Cher is half Armenian. She was born Cherilyn Sarkisian, and her father's family were Armenian immigrants. Her Armenian roots, what her surname means, and her humanitarian trip to Armenia.
Armenia is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus, bordered by Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Where it sits on the map, whether it counts as Europe, Asia or the Middle East, and how to picture it.
The Armenian Genocide was the Ottoman Empire's systematic destruction of its Armenian population from 1915 to 1923, killing up to 1.5 million people. What happened, why, who was responsible, and why Turkey still denies it.
Yes, Armenia was a Soviet republic for seven decades, from sovietization in 1920 until independence on September 21, 1991. How it happened, what Soviet rule changed, and what it left behind.
The '-ian' or '-yan' ending on Armenian surnames means 'descendant of.' What Kardashian, Sarkisian and Tankian actually mean, why the suffix has two spellings, and how names got shortened in the diaspora.