[Lauratealeaf]

I like your grandmother's name too. Of course, my mother wanted to name me Annabelle Lee after the poem and my Dad prevailed on her not to do that. His argument was that in the south women named "Belle" didn't fare very well. I always liked my great-grandmother's name, Margaret Clementine too. But, I didn't name my daughters for her. I named one after my sister and my sister-in-law and one for my other greatgrandmother, Kathryn. My Dad always hated his middle name which is Eugene. He could never understand why his Mother did that to him. And, yet, he signs his woodcarvings, "Eugene" if they are different and odd. But, the joke in our family is that none of us will name our children "Bob". My father is a Bob, my brother is a Bob, I married a Bob and my sister married a Bob. (who was the son of a Bob) I have two cousins named Bob and when I was a kid I had a Bobcat. So, there are enough Bobs in the family.

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My Dad always hated his middle name which is Eugene. He could never understand why his Mother did that to him

Oh, you have me ROTFL with that one! My family has a "thing" about the name, 'Eugene,' too. Thanks for the late night healthy laugh -- gonna turn in now.