User:MigjeniShqiptar/sandbox/Migjeni Shqiptar

Millosh was born in 1911, in Shkodër, Sanjak of Scutari, Ottoman Empire (now Albania), into a family of Slavic origin, which spoke Serbo-Croatian at home.[2][1] In Albanian his full name during the 1930s was written in two forms Milosh Nikoliç and Millosh Nikolla.[3] In Serbian, his name is written Miloš Nikolić (Милош Николић).[4][5] The surname Nikoliç (Nikolić), later changed into Nikolla,[3] derived from his grandfather Nikola (d. 1876), who hailed from the region of Upper Reka (present-day northwest R. Macedonia) from where he moved to Scutari in the late 19th century where he practiced the trade of a bricklayer and later married Stake Milani, from Kuči, Montenegro, with whom he had two sons: Gjeorgje (Migjeni's father) and Krsto.[6] The family owned a bar in the city.[citation needed] His father Đorđe "Đoko" Nikolić (1872–1924; Albanian transliteration Gjeorgje "Gjoko" Nikoliç, Albanian form Gjergj Nikolla[3]) was mentioned in 1905 as the head of one of the Orthodox Serb-Montenegrin households in the Vraka–Scutari area, and he was also one of representatives (signers) of the town for the establishment of the Orthodox Church of Albania in 1922.[7] His mother Sofia Kokoshi[8] (d. 1916) was educated at the Catholic seminary of Scutari, run by Italian nuns.[6] His maternal uncle Jovan Kokoshi taught at the Orthodox seminary in Bitola.[9] Milosh had a brother that died in infancy, and four sisters: Lenka, Jovanka, Cvetka and Olga.[3]

Angjelina Ceka Luarasi, daughter of Migjeni's younger sister Olga stated in her book Migjeni–Vepra, co-authored with Skënder Luarasi, that Migjeni was of Albanian and not of any Slavic origin and Migjeni spoke only Albanian as his mother tongue and later learned to speak a Slavic language while growing up.[10] Angjelina states that the family is descended from the Nikolla family from Debar in the Upper Reka region and the Kokoshi family.[10] Angjelina maintained that the family used many Slavic names because of their Orthodox faith.[10]