OT: I identify with.....

Oh, I'd forgotten that about her. MA is still a repressive state in many ways....

Cheryl

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I think double cousins will go the way of the DoDo with our shifting populations these days, it is less likely to happen.

Aren't you glad you carried forward a family name ? I am proud of that and so are my kids. I can also look the other way and see my granddaughter Sheena and my grandson Mackenzie, that's nice too and gave me an understanding of the pleasure I in my turn, gave relatives when I named my kids.

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

No, it was the most sincere compliment in our family. I can see not using a name if it is totally ghastly, but otherwise, bring it on !

The Parkway runs from New York to Connecticut (it turns into the Merritt Parkway in CT.) The river is in Westchester County, New York (just north of NYC) also.

Alison

I think my father would have been RT III, except for early deaths...

Cheryl

Oldest DD's middle name is same as her Maternal Great-Grandmother's, and youngest DD has the middle name of Jo, for her Paternal Great-Grandfather who died while I carried her.

He knew I was naming the baby for him tho, and I know that made him happy even tho he didn't get to see her. (If she'd been male, it would have been Joseph, obviously).

Caryn

My DB insisted on naming their firstborn Buck. After many arguments, SIL finally gave in with the condition that she gets to name all succeeding children. Not only is Buck (now 16yo) bad enough, his initials are BRA! Don't know if he's told other kids his middle name but I haven't heard about much teasing.

Joan

Can I ask a favor, please? When you say with whom you identify (who you identify with??? whom you identify with???), could you please explain who this person is/was for those of us historically challenged? It would be greatly appreciated!

Joan, the historically challenged

Caryn i don`t think Karen`s life sucks , i think she is an Example to us all ,,,we learn that after So many illnesses , which nobody can solve, after many people who don`t do what ever she expected of them ,,, there is still hope in life and a person can still sit here and write to us all ,,, now isn`t that a wonderful example ? mirjam ps Karen ? how is your friend in Tel- Aviv coping ???? never heard from her ?????????????????????????????

How about we try to include a link to a bio?

Here's the link to Lucretia Mott's:

Saw this 3 times on TV and loved this film mirjam

Wow - some interesting names. It just reminded me of a professor I had for some history course. She was a Medieval Woman's scholar, and had named her kids Bronwyn and some similar name for the boy (this was the late 70s).

Ellice - same here.

That's too bad. I used to drive out to Deal fairly often - wander about. Going to Hever was something I did a lot, and I recommend the walk - it's very thought provoking.

Interesting - makes you wonder about the sign, though.

ellice

I'm a third generation American on my father's side and second on my mother's. My father's mother was born on the lower East Side of New York City.

My husband's parents were born in Poland.

Lucille

Being a slightly twisted individual, especially this week, my mind leapt to thinking it was "The Queen's Tiolet" very different picture needed for that!

Caryn

Well, can't really say any of my names come from ancestry, but it does come from tradition. In my Father's family, there was always at least one boychild that was given the same initials as his father. My Dad's name was Robert Earl Williams, HIS Dad's name was Rueben Enoch, HIS was even worse, but I can't remember it right off hand. When I came along, born on my Mother's birthday, he broke/followed tradition by giving me the same initials as my Mom. Since they'd been told having another after me wasn't wise, I think that was his way of following the family tradition as best he could, since neither of his siblings followed it. Mom's name is Dorothy Lee, and so I got Donna L. (hate the middle name and it's also a three letter name like Mom's).

Tegan (who will expla>

My mother's father was from the Lower East Side. Started out as a fruit peddler and progressed to owning his own drug store in the Bronx.

Sara

Speaking of names -- I was named partly for my mom (first name) and for a name my mom picked out of my father's high school yearbook (middle name) -- Jere is a shortening of that name.

But one of the most interesting I ever heard is DH's mom's name -- her dad was named Luther, and her name was Lutheria -- and even at that, wasn't as bad as her sister's name, which was Elsie Juanita.

Well, if you didn't I would have to stop calling you Teegs! rofl

Caryn