[HPforGrownups] names and new adoption/orphanage ?

[thursday morning]

No: HPFGUIDX 103022

> > Potioncat:
> > I just happened to wonder, is there a reason a person would have 4 
> > given names?
> 
> Sen:
> It happens. A close friend of mine's daughter in law gave both her 
> son & daughter 4 names. My husband and I are using 3 names plus our 
> last name for our children. Reason being, the third name (2nd middle 
> name as we call it) are going to be our fathers names which are both 
> unisex.

A 4 name pattern (2 middle) is also very common in my family and has been for so long no one is sure when or why it started.  It is worth noting however that this pattern started over 5 generations ago while the family was still in Scotland (we're mostly in US now) and that we have a long family history of adoption.  Since most people do not use a 4 name pattern the children being adopted have all had 3 names and keep their birth surname as their 3rd name (or 2nd middle) thereby keeping their own history while also gaining ours.  I know my great-great-grandmother was adopted and that adoption within the clan was common in Scotland before the British so this may have been the actual reason it was started.

Not just to bring it back to HP but is there any indication of how orphans are adopted within the wizarding community.  I know Tom Riddle was in an orphanage 50yrs ago but are there specifically WW orphanages? Did Riddle just fell throught the cracks because of his muggle father?  I can't imagine the WW would want to risk a known magical child to be adopted into a muggle family who was completely ignorant that the WW existed. 

thursday
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