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Help[Opinions] I don't think so
in reply to a message by LuzDeTuVida
If you live in a city like I do, with lots of mixed-race-European-mutts, then if they comment on Kieran's Polish last name, he can just say "My mom is half Irish", and that will be the end of it!
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Ha that's true thanks. But then again, I don't really connect at all with my Irish culture so I'd feel weird using that as an excuse...it's just a dilemma for me. But the mutt thing I can deal with. I m plan to use American, German, Polish, French, and maybe Spanish names on my kids because I do connect with all those cultures in some context (I speak multiple languages and live in a diverse area). Irish I'm wary about. Do I want to encourage my children to identify with Irish culture if I never was able to?
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Well, I think that you have the right to use the names of your own heritage, whether you live and breathe the culture or not. Otherwise, they will die off.
And, like another said, the name Kieran doesn't exactly scream "IRISH!" - it's a gentle Irish name, and that's very fashionable. It's ok to use names for pure aesthetic reasons. How many little girl Mackenzies out there do you think have a familial reason for being given that surname? Not very many, I'd wager.
And, like another said, the name Kieran doesn't exactly scream "IRISH!" - it's a gentle Irish name, and that's very fashionable. It's ok to use names for pure aesthetic reasons. How many little girl Mackenzies out there do you think have a familial reason for being given that surname? Not very many, I'd wager.
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