When I was little, my parents told me if someone had the same name as you they could be related to you, so till I was about 8, I would say to every Hannah I met, 'hey we might be related', until I realised my parents meant surnames...
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- I used to believe that people with the same first name were related.— Rebecca
- I used to think that all people with the same FIRST name were related.— Lisa
- I used to believe that monkeys were related to fish as they both have mouths!— Quako
- I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon
- I used to believe as a child that a Communist and a Columnist were closely related, even one and the same.— Elaine M. Downey