My name has no family origins. Although, when I pointed it out, my mom rebutted by pointing out that my grandmother's names were Verna and Mozelle. I shut up after that :)
My family, especially Mom's branch, has more than its fair share of odd names. Both my 2nd-great-grandmother and 3rd-great-grandmother mentioned above were named Weltha; and in addition to Talitha, my 2nd-great-grandmother had a sister named Vida and brothers named George Bird, Frank Ethelbert, and Pearl. There were also a few other sibs with less outlandish names. And that's just looking at my direct female line and their siblings. Grandpa's family also has some interesting ones.
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My name has no family origins. Although, when I pointed it out, my mom rebutted by pointing out that my grandmother's names were Verna and Mozelle. I shut up after that :)
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My family, especially Mom's branch, has more than its fair share of odd names. Both my 2nd-great-grandmother and 3rd-great-grandmother mentioned above were named Weltha; and in addition to Talitha, my 2nd-great-grandmother had a sister named Vida and brothers named George Bird, Frank Ethelbert, and Pearl. There were also a few other sibs with less outlandish names. And that's just looking at my direct female line and their siblings. Grandpa's family also has some interesting ones.
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For the girls in our family, there are a lot of instances of "Marie." Just the last few generations:
Great Grandma- Rose
Grandma- Marie
Mom- Rosemarie Gina
Me- Ginamarie
Daughter- Olivia Marie
We haven't carried on some of the other family names that came up a lot (Francis, Vincent, Santa), but Salvatore comes up a lot too.
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