It’s an interesting family tree.
Each carries a different name by choice, with scant regard for belonging or social identification.
Anna tells me it was reinvented after her grandfather left the field open for choice of names.
“I’m sure there’s a lot behind that story. I’ve heard about his multiple marriages and large number of foster children”. I can’t resist digging graves for a good story.
“It’s actually much more than that. Multiple marriages meant multiple failed relationships, and this was the lesson he gave us.
The greatest lie ever spoken in love is about the merging of identities.”
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Oof! This one hit right to the solar plexus. Very clever!
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Thank you, Liz! Glad you could relate to it.
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I would think a merging of identities would be unhealthy. But if grandpa had had a stronger lasting marriage his descendants would have a stronger sense of their own identity and a better chance at healthy relationships.
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I guess it matters to some extent. But outside influence fast overtakes family history and culture.
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More so nowadays perhaps.
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