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Is this another branch of the Vad dynasty? Or is it a common surname?

Article on NSO: https://www.nemzetisport.hu/sportnaptar/vad-jatekvezeto-dinasztia-apa-fiu-lany-2149931  Can't see when it was writte but Vad II says he is 31 & he's 41 nearly 42 now so around 10 years ago.  I've done a rough translation below. There's a nice photo of the 3 of them together.

Vad referee dynasty: Father, son, daughter

It is not an everyday story: there is a footballer, István Vad, who will be known as a referee after finishing his career, and then his son will also put his life to the pitch. Of course, the sloppy point is not this, but that the heads of the family head have become at least as "interesting" as the former FTC football player: first István Vad II, who is even faster rising on the FIFA ladder. his sister, who also started leading matches.And she is already the fourth professional in the family ...

He was a child when ten out of ten young people wanted to be football players. Born in 1953, István Vad's dream came true, he was able to play in Ferencváros, he achieved a total of 12 league goals during his two years with adults, and he is still proud to have won the MNK in 1976 and his team in the 1976–1977 championship. helped me with my championship bronze medal.

“I started with the Ebedli Zoli in the Fradi in one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine and belonged to the green-whites for eight years,” István Vad recalled his memories in the July 18, 2008 issue of NS . - To this day, what my coach, Jenő Dalnoki, said in front of one of the leading matches: Vadkám, because that's how he called, the number of meters he crosses the halfway line back, he pays so many thousands of forints. Leave the organization to Uncle Ebedli and Uncle Nyilasi, I want to see you in front of your opponent's gate. "

Well, those who saw him playing football say that István Vad did not have a body part with which he could not score a goal ... He finished football at the age of 33, in Volán 22, but by then he was already past the successful refereeing exam. .

We do not claim that he made a surprise to his father with his decision: István Vad Sr. also judged, although he only made it to the Budapest Championship. The boy, the former player from Ferencváros, judged 106 matches in the Hungarian lead between 1990 and 1998, but he always complained that he could not lead a single match to the FTC.

Although he asked the referees' then boss, Miklós Nagy, to say goodbye to the Fradi match, he blew the whistle for the last time in the first class in the Siófok-Stadler duel. At that time, there were such unforgettable international meetings as the Ajax-Bayern Munich clash, but the ninety minutes on Megyeri út and Diósgyőr are also a lasting memory, after which he could only leave the stadium by police car ...

What was first given to him at the age of 38 (judging in an international match) happened in the life of his son, István Vad II, at the age of 27. The young man began his playing career at RTK, then starred in Ferencváros and BVSC as a young man, and then cast his vote for the "whistle craft" very early on.

“When Dad was refereeing, I always went to matches, I was there with him in the locker room, and I quickly fell in love with the milieu that surrounds the referees’ lives, ”István Vad II explained four years ago about his career choice.

“I was still playing football when I started refereeing, and then I realized relatively quickly that as a footballer, I could hardly run into a big-arched career. At the age of sixteen I was leading a children’s match, BLASZ II came, then NB III, I got into the national framework and I have been a FIFA judge for two years now. My goal was the same as it was when I started on the track: I want to reach the next step. "

István Vad I claimed that his son did not become a top referee because of him. The child was not helped by the tailwind, but by being able to judge body-to-body play situations better as a former footballer than by learning the rules from a book.

No one would be surprised if István Vad II claimed that his father was his role model in the profession, but this is not the case. As he said, there is no judicial ideal for him, but there are many colleagues from whom it is worth losing something. Either how he disciplines it or how he aligns the line wall.

As part of the learning process at the time the article was born, “Little Wild” was just past an Israeli Intertoto clash, but then World Cup qualifiers, the U19 European Championships in Ukraine, the Singapore Youth Olympics (including the opening match!), The European Championships. he also took part in qualifying matches and last summer at the U20 World Cup in Colombia, and in the meantime he took another big step in the fall of 2010: at the age of 31 he was now able to blow in the BL as well.

And this year, in the Ukrainian-English European Championship group match in Donetsk, Viktor Kassai (and other compatriots) on the side of the goalkeeper came, and that certain unspecified Marko Devics hit beyond the goal line, which greatly amplified the voices supporting the introduction of new technologies, and the reform process itself.  Just to point out this was Vad's error - he was AAR!

However, there are other interesting things in the life of István Vad II. Enthusiastic about his progress, his 12-year-old sister, Anita Vad, as an 11th grade high school student, decided that she would certainly not spend the weekends (only) at house parties, but on football fields. In December 2007, she applied for a refereeing course herself, and since then she has experienced that sometimes the thread of football mothers breaks ...

“The example was in front of me, as both Dad and my brother lead, but I don’t deny it, I was also greatly influenced by the Chinese World Cup for Women Footballers,” said the pretty young lady, who has been in the ranks ever since 2008. - I completed the course and made my debut as a referee in the Rojik – RTK match.

I have a hard time getting used to how much parents sometimes lose their heads, but dads have prepared me for how to handle these situations. My dad is a big support for me anyway: he’s there for each of my matches and tells me what I did well when I should have decided otherwise. Anyway, I've ever blown the whistle and I knew right away that I was wrong. "

Ask yourself the question: how far can you get on this track as a woman? It can be built that both the father and the brother "fought for themselves" on the international stage, and although it takes years to make dreams come true, in front of Anita Vad there is already a model outside the family: Gyöngyi Gaál.

And now do not think about how the latter might have seen the obvious two-handed ball catch of Bruna of Africa at the adult women's World Cup Australia-Equatorial Guinea meeting (3-2) last year, but that he became a FIFA referee at all (and was called to such a prestigious tournament) from Hungary. . This can (should) be the example to follow ...