Others connect the origins of Rummy games to early Spanish communities who moved over to the west. The Spanish card game of Conquian bares a striking resemblance to Gin Rummy and is sometimes considered to be an ancestor of all modern Rummy games. One theory was that Conquian (then known as “Coon Can”, “Coon-can”, “Coon-King” or “Conkin”) started in Spain hundreds of years ago and was later carried to Mexico before spreading to the American southwest in the late 19th century.

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