Keeping family traditions or not?
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Keeping family traditions or not?
| Mon, 09-20-2004 - 3:40pm |
Ok, so here's a dilemma: in DH's family on his dad's side, every firstborn male has the name Robert either as a first or middle name. It's a family tradition. DH is the eldest son in his family so the pressure's on us to name our baby Robert if it turns out to be a boy. Robert is actually a nice name, so it's not the end of the world, but I always hoped to be able to choose my kids' names myself based on some special meaning to me, as opposed to having it dictated to me by family tradition. I was curious to know whether some of you are in similar situations and what you would do about it?

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I think family names help strengthen bonds within the family. Kids like sharing their name with dad, uncles, cousins, etc.
If you choose to name him Robert you can always do it and call him something else. I have a friend who had a son and he is Charles Andrew Higgins the 5th so we call him Quinn for five.
It is a thought. But follow your heart and don't regret your decission.
This is your baby.
All first-born sons on my dad's side of the family are named John (first or middle name); however none of them go by that name.
My Great-Grandfather's name is John Fitzgerald and always went by Fitz
My Grandfather's Name is Beecham John and always went by Jack
My dad's name is John Joseph and goes by Joe
My brother's name is John William and actually he *is* the only one that goes by John
My sister named her first-born son - Ian (an irish variation of John) Timothy
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