[Zrinski]

There is a mistake. As Hrvoje said Croats are not offshot of Serbian nation nor the other way around. Croats and Serbs although both Slavs and related in language are not and never were the same people. In this article it is implied that Croats are "catholic Serbs".

Quote: "The Croats, or Roman Catholic Serbs, number 1,800,000, and their Orthodox brothers are 1,100,000 in number."

As seen distinction has been made on Croats who are supposedly "Roman Catholic Serbs" and "their Orthodox brothers" Serbs. It does not says "Croats, and Roman Catholic Serbs"...it say Croats, or Roman Catholic Serbs...impliying Croats are "Roman Catholic Serbs". Distinction is also made furthermore where it mentiones "their Orthodox brothers" or Serbs.

Furthermore there is no such thing as "Catholic Serb" nor there was a such thing in Austria-Hungary at that time.
Some of early Serbian royal families were catholic long before that...in 14th-15th century but they are now long gone being converted to Orthodox faith. By 19th(I'd say more like 17-18th) century Catholic Serbs or Orthodox Croats were a relic of the past.