The spelling of one's surname does not drive what family you belong
to!! Blood lines drive the genealogy of our families. "Carman" happens
to be the most popular spelling but a family line might have started with
Kirman, Kharmanie, Carmen to name a few. In some cases we have seen a
family member make the entry "Carman" in records for half his life and then
one day, he starts writing "Carmon." His descendants adopt the spelling and
for the next 5 generations that branch is Carmon but their ancestors were
"Carman."
Known variations of the Carman Surname: Carman, Carmon, Carmin, Kirman,
Kharmanie, Carmondt, and Carmen! Yet we are all the same family!