Fabian & Gideon's namesakes

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 111669

Gina wrote:

>    My mother and I discuss this a lot. I think Fred and George may 
have been
> Molly's nephews that she and Arthur adopted. 

Hm . . . you mean Fred and George are the sons of either Fabian or 
Gideon?  That kind of does away with the symmetry that caught my 
eye, though.  Gideon had no particular reason to give his kids the 
initials F & G; nor did Fabian; but Molly did, if her brothers had 
those initials.

I realize my background is showing (Jewish, where one names children 
after dead relatives, not living ones), but it seems to me that a 
pair of brothers fallen in war are likely to be honored with 
namesakes, whereas a man is not terribly likely to name his twin 
sons after himself and his brother.  I also realize we're in the 
realm of total speculation, here, and that the repeated initials 
could be another Mark Evans.

Amy Z

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