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This is really strange. How are there two people with the same rare surname who make history, and have not just the same first name, but even the same middle le
by PurpleRamen 3y ago
This is really strange. How are there two people with the same rare surname who make history, and have not just the same first name, but even the same middle letter? I'm curious if that family name is so rare that they are actually related, and whether it's some custom in that family to name the kids that way.
- isleyaardvark 3y agoWe're in the Buckaroo Banzai dimension.
- hiccuphippo 3y agoMaybe their parents liked rock music from the future. Go Johnny go, go.
- mkl 3y agoI spent a while trying to find a family connection but didn't succeed. There is an American custom for fathers to name their sons after themselves, as if trying to deny them their own identity; Bill Gates is the third William Henry Gates in a row, for example.
- Tade0 3y agoMy name is unusual for my generation - so much so that in my extended social circle I have just one namesake roughly my age. One side effect is that I was memorable just by virtue of having such a name. I suspect that in the case of both of the John Goodenoughs people generally never forgot that first impression - and that goes a long way.