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Some families have quirky traditons when it comes to naming their children, and my family is deffinately one of them. My name is Margaret Louise Steck and I was named after my grandmother, much like how she was named after her grandmother and so on (my parents started calling me Margo after I was born to lessen the confussion during family get-togethers and also because my dad thought 'Margaret' sounded like an old person name but 'Margo' was much more lively'). We have a bi-generational tradition where the first born girl is named after their grandmother. My mother's name is Ellen and my great-grandmother's name is Ellen as well. Another tradition held in my family is that the first born daughter has the middle name of Louise. One odd thing about my family's tradition is that it is rather sexist, leaving out the men completely and also it only consentrates on the first born girls. But hopefully when I have kids I can carry out the tradition (mainly because I would feel guilty if i didn't) and my future husband and I will beable to start new ones of our own. :)