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There are two stories involving names in my family. One is touching, and the other funny. My dad died when I was 10 months pregnant with his first grandchild, so my husband and I decided that we would use my maiden name, which is Kirk, as a middle name if we had a son. We could not come up with a suitable first name, so he became Kirk Andrew. It gives me much joy to have honored my dad in this way and I know that he is proud to have such a fine man using his surname. The other story involves the younger son and his wife. When they were married, she retained her maiden name, Sullivan, and his last name is Winkelman. After their daughter was born, they unofficially called themselves the Sulliwinks. I recently found out that my late husband’s 94 year old mother was upset because she thought that Joel had changed his last name to Sulliwink! And, truly, I would not care if that were actually the case because I believe it doesn’t really matter what you call yourself, as long as you retain your true identity. Besides, it was very clever of them and avoided a long hyphenated name. --Jeanette
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