Tuesday, February 16, 2016

What's In a Name? A Rose by Any Other Name isn't a Coincidence.

I've mentioned here before that genealogy is a hobby of mine. It's like solving a mystery, going back in time like that, finding our relatives and how they lived. My daughter caught the bug too, and likes to delve in the past--ours or someone else's.

She's currently working on her mother-in-law's genealogy. It is especially interesting because her MIL was adopted at age two weeks, and didn't learn this until she was well into adulthood. The clues they had (such as her MIL's birth mother's name) took her just so far, then DNA took her further.

Before telling more of this story, I have to tell you that her MIL is very patriotic. Her home is decorated in red, white, and blue and she has Americana in every room. She drives a red car, red being her favorite color. July 4 is a really big day at their house.

So a few days ago, my daughter had gotten as far back as her MIL's great-grandmother. She called. "You'll never guess what your great-grandmother's name was."

"Oh, I hope it was Liberty. Liberty or America. I've always wished my name was Liberty or America. When I was a little girl I used to pretend it was!" she replies.

I'll give you two guesses what great-grandmother's name was, and the first one doesn't count.

God Bless . . . .

2 comments:

  1. I didn't know until I got started working on my own family lines that Liberty and America were both popular names for girls.

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  2. I didn't know until I got started working on my own family lines that Liberty and America were both popular names for girls.

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