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[Opinions] Re: Great-Grandparents
My great-grandparents were...Clara Othelia/Patrick Anthony
Edna Mae/Prudencio Villa BlancaEdith Vera Maxine/Jesse Francis
Elvira J. (middle name unknown)/Cleve Elroy Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Wow, Othelia! I wonder if it's the feminine form of Othello?
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I think it's probably a variant of Ottilia / Odelia, but Otho was semi-common here 100 years ago, so maybe that could have influenced the spelling.

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Since Othello is an elaboration of Otho, that could still work as a feminization of Othello, even if it wasn't the parents' intention :-)
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LOLThis is funny to me, because my great-grandmother was horribly racist.
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I have no idea, but I doubt it. Her parents were poor, Swedish farmers from Minnesota.

This message was edited 9/22/2022, 7:24 AM

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