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Originally Posted by LovebirdsFlying
- I am Saudi and I have a huge family. I have more than 100 aunts and cousins only from my mother's side.
Wow! I thought my grandfather having more than 20 siblings was a big family. (By the way, huge families are also another "Kentucky" stereotype, and I do think there are entire small towns in rural Kentucky that are related to me somehow.  )
Do you have such a large family that the same names have to be reused? I have two aunts named Barbara (both deceased now, God rest their souls) and two first cousins named Pamela. There are at least three Erics in the family, and goodness knows how many Michaels. My grandfather with all those siblings, well even two of them had the same name. DeWitt was a first name for one of them and a middle name for another one. |
Yeah my mom has 14 brothers and sisters, and their kids and grandkids passed 100 last year, I think. So right now, they're probably more.
Having 7 kids is actually sometimes considered little here.
I kinda lost track of all my cousins, and I sometimes even miss out some aunts and uncles >_<
And yeah, we have a LOT of repeated names. I'm named after one of my aunts. Actually from the 7 aunts, I think I have one cousin named after each one. Same for the boys... if I remember correctly. The name Mohammad is pretty common, and almost every aunt and uncle has a girl named Zain or Zaina after my grandmother (may she rest in peace). However, since most of the families have a mix of Najdi and Hijazi (people from Riyadh and people from Jeddah), the names are kinda all over the place. Now that I think about it, not a lot of names are reused. Not with the cousins atleast. My aunt and I are the only ones named Eman in my family, and same with most of the other aunts. My dad's side has some repeated names too. I have 7 aunts and uncles from my dad's side, and almost each one has a girl named Dimath after my grandmother and a boy named Abdulaziz after my grandfather (may they rest in peace). And from my dad's side, I honestly don't know all my cousins, they're way too many and their kids just never finish, mashallah! >_<