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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I literally can't believe the PPs who say this wouldn't be upsetting to them.  You are totally right to be upset, OP.  This is pretty ridiculous.

We named our kid the same thing as my second cousin (who we don't know well, never see, and who is about 20 years older than my DS).  We asked first whether it seemed like this would be weird, and no one felt it was, but that was a very different situation, and the name had personal significance on my DH's side.

I also have two brothers who are married and have kids.  One had three kids before marrying my oldest brother, and it just so happened that one of the names of those kids was the name my other SIL has always wanted to name a daughter if she had one.  SIL#2 asked SIL#1 if it would be okay to name their daughter this name, and both agreed it was okay.  They did make a slight modification to the name to make it a little different, though (think Anne/Ann), and they use different nicknames that are related but not the same.[/quote]

I literally can't believe the PP's who say this WOULD be upsetting to them.  I have many first cousins who share the same name and are close.  No one is confused.  In this case, the kids wouldn't be sharing a first name at all, just a nickname, which either or both might outgrow, anyway.  Not only is it not a problem, it's actually sweet and lovely.  I loved the suggestion from a (sane) PP to play it up, like take pics of them with teddy bears together every year.[/quote]

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