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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like to chime in to these threads of cultural appropriation to remind everyone that people may have connections to a culture even though their external appearance does not make  it obvious.

We are a multicultural and multiethnic family and gave our children names from all our family cultures (each grandparent chose a name from his or her country of origin).

Outside the naming department, I grew up in multiple countries due to my parents' work, and have a particular affinity for one of them, even though it's neither of my parents' countries, or my country of birth (see, I have to make all these distinctions). I love everything about that country, learned all the traditional songs, the dances, the myths, had the clothing and everything. Here it would be called cultural appropriation, since I don't look the part. But it's not. I love this country and for a while considered it my own.

Long-winded way of saying: do whatever the heck you want.

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My son is blue eyed and blonde haired and named Alejandro.[/quote]

Why is this significant? Do you think there aren't blue eyes, blonde hair people in Spanish speaking countries?[/quote]

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