Walking past a school in Tokyo. Ruriko: “That’s going to be Lillian’s elementary school.” “Oh nice.” “Yeah it will be nice to have the family back there.” “Oh did your mother go there?” “No my great grandfather co-founded it.” “Wait what.” “Yeah had to get out of samurai-ing.”
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Later in conversation: “So yeah that was our family.” “It’s really nice.” “Oh your farmer ancestors were great too.” “Thanks honey.” “Noblesse oblige.” “I know.”
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Unrelated but curious, how did you and Ruriko settle on a name for Lillian?
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It happens to be my grandmother’s name, reusing which is a McKenzie family tradition, and is pronouncible on both sides of the Pacific. We came up with a Japanese reading for it in an untraditional traditional fashion. (A fortune teller was involved.)
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