Maybe his mom's side of the family or something? I have no idea. I was told that the "ian" is Armenian... This was by some Armenian woman a couple of days ago.
That woman maybe incorrect...a lot of people have that, how do say, ethnic Pride that try to claim everything with _____ is them...I was listening to an Iranian nurse who was telling a black lady something a few yrs ago...I call her Iranian, look at the "ian" (and Armenians have Persian in them), but she was talking about "us Persians", and about how they run the diff nightclubs in DC, blah, blah, blah...