I really like the use of family names. Sets a standard; reminds kids who they are; gives them something to live up to or proves to them what can be overcome......
Unless you're from a family like mine, in which case the names you have to work with are Faye Belle and Ernest Buford (paternal grandparents), or Elfa (maternal grandmother), or Mildred and Taft (stepdad's parents).
Blech.