Must say it was an exciting finish last night.  And the real history was made when Vanya Shivashankar became co-champ. Her sister Kavya won in 2009 on the word laodicean.

No siblings have ever won the title in the 88-year history of the National Spelling Bee.

Read my story on NBCNews.com/Asian-America.

It’s been said the Spelling Bee is the Indian Super Bowl.  Indeed,  South Asians have won 7 straight years.

Last night, some potential stumpers included a Filipino word. Not filicite, that’s got nothing to do with Filipinos.

And thamakau, which has nothing to do with cows.

But POBLACION!

Now that’s a Filipino word.

And co-champ Gokul Venkatacham  got it in the 7th round.