Do you share a first name with a relative

@shelagh77 (3643)
February 5, 2007 8:49am CST
Are you named for a close relative, and did this make you feel you were not an entirely separate person when you were a young child? Did you try to be like this person as you grew, and do you feel a separate person now that you are adult?
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rainbow
@rainbow (6761)
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7 Feb 07
I was always little marion or young marion. I never wanted to be like my mum I felt like just an extension of her and was unsure who I was for a long time. Right up until I was old enough to rebel regularly lol.
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shelagh77
@shelagh77 (3643)
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8 Feb 07
little rebel rainbow, that is very alliterative you know! At least you decided who you were and you turned out wonderful, so all was well in the end :-)
raveena
@raveena (1353)
• India
5 Feb 07
My pet name is the name of one of my Aunty's whom I mother adored and so is the name of my second sister. The only good thing is that we live in seperate states so do not have to meet her often or I would surely feel that I have robbed her name. I do feel I am a very different person
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shelagh77
@shelagh77 (3643)
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7 Feb 07
It is nice to have the same name as people you love, isn't it. It is a shame you live so far apart, but perhaps that makes it even better when you do meet up. You do feel you are a very different person, then and not a shadow of someone else, that's good. I hope you liked this discussion :-)
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Lakota12
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
5 Feb 07
ok this is getting tirsome . Dont know where my first name came from and I feel like I have answered these post backwards ha ha I am my own made person I made myself a strong and get things done person
shelagh77
@shelagh77 (3643)
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7 Feb 07
Sorry you feel that the discussions are getting tiresome, maybe try some of my others, or some of tomorrows - I have some really hare-brained ones lined up lol.
spiderlizard22
@spiderlizard22 (3444)
• United States
15 Sep 07
I share my name with my father and grandfather. I also share my name with my uncle as well.