i used to believe that people were related by their first names...my grandp, ungle, and my cousin's names were Ernie, my dad and my brother's names were Todd, and my unlce and cousin's names were Sam. They were all on my mom's side of the family, thus they had different last names. Now you can see why I was so confused as a kid....
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- At the age of around five, I realized that my mum's and dad's names were not mum and dad!— yelloworpurple
- I used to believe my parents names were mom and dad till i was 9— Sophiae
- As my parents had given me a name, I thought that it was up to me to give them names tooAnon
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo
- I used to believe that India and Indonesia were right next to each other since their names sounded alikeAnon
- I used to wander what my name would be in other languages. I thought that names worked the same way as words. — Simon