Like many expectant couples, Sean and Margaret were having a great deal of trouble choosing a name. About the only thing they could agree on was that if the baby was a girl, her middle name would be Edith (name primarily after Margaret's sister, but also after her grandmother and step-mother).
After being unable to settle on anything, Sean suggested a system - that they only choose names of siblings. Though Margaret had nine siblings and Sean had two step brothers, only a handful of names were ever considered under this system. For girls Grace and Valerie and for boys Robert, Mark and Dave.
It was Margaret who made the final suggestion of Robert John for a boy (name after Sean's step brother and father) and Grace Edith for a girl (name after two of Margaret's sisters); Sean very much liked both names.
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