Re: John Sidney McCain III & Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Very interesting article. It's interesting how the junior (and II III IV etc) naming tradition is very popular in America but virtually unheard of over here.
"Lily Rose was the eldest of the Ruggles family. Her great trial in life was her name, for she was a red-haired stoutish child and bore no resemblance to a lily of any kind or a rose either unless it was a cabbage one."
The Family From One End Street, 1937
"Lily Rose was the eldest of the Ruggles family. Her great trial in life was her name, for she was a red-haired stoutish child and bore no resemblance to a lily of any kind or a rose either unless it was a cabbage one."
The Family From One End Street, 1937