She’s Gotten Into A Lot Of Drama With Her Fiancé’s Family After She Decided To Break Their Baby Name Tradition That’s Been Going On For At Least 7 Generations
Does your family have a tradition of using a certain name through the generations? For example, were you or another one of your family members named after a grandparent or someone else who came before you?
One woman has gotten into a lot of drama with her fiancé’s family when they decided to break their generational name tradition after the recent birth of their son.
She’s 25-years-old and had a baby boy two months ago with her 27-year-old fiancé.
“We are overjoyed at being parents, but most of my in-laws are refusing to even see our baby because of a decision we made concerning his name,” she said.
Her fiancé’s family has a long tradition of naming the firstborn son of a generation the same name – Peter.
They’ve been following this tradition for at least seven generations, and many members of his family take it very seriously.
There have been family members of his who gave birth to sons and wanted to name them something else but still named them Peter so as not to be the ones to break the tradition.
As luck would have it, all of her fiancé’s cousins have given birth to girls, so their son is the first of his generation.
Coincidentally, she had a late uncle on her father’s side named Peter, who died before she was born. According to her father, he died in a tragic way that deeply traumatized their family.
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Although she had no issues naming her son Peter, her grandmother personally asked her not to name her future child Peter as long as she was still alive. When she told her in-laws this story, they understood and approved the alternative name they picked for their son. Then, her grandmother passed away while she was seven months pregnant.
Her in-laws offered their condolences, but her mother-in-law was very quick to ask if she’d reconsider naming their son Peter.
“Suddenly, they were insistent that the name we chose was awful, and we had to honor their tradition,” she recalled.
“According to them, they had only agreed to make an exception for us for my grandmother’s sake and had no obligation to keep it now that she had passed.”
Although her family agreed that she could use the name Peter if she wanted to, it’d be fine. But after her grandmother’s passing, it still didn’t feel right to name her son Peter.
So, when she gave birth two months ago, she and her fiancé named their son the alternative name they picked out. Ever since, her in-laws have been very upset, as they officially broke the family name tradition. Her in-laws told her and her husband they were selfish, and her father-in-law offered them money to switch their son’s name to Peter.
“Neither of my fiancé’s parents have met the baby or seen us since I was pregnant,” she added.
“Most of my in-laws are on their side, and this is causing a huge rift between my fiancé and his family. He assures me he’s fine, but I’m starting to feel really guilty about this.”
Should she feel guilty for breaking the name tradition?
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