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Re: Shauneen
I was born in 1952 (which makes me 52!!) My Father always told me that he invented my name. Apparantly I was going to be called Shaun if I was a boy and the name they had chosen for a girl (Romany Anna-Marie - after my grandmother who was a spanish gypsy) did not suit me so Shaun was feminised to Shauneen. My Father said he researched the name at the time and could not find a record of it anywhere except for the Shaunin an Irish derivitive mentioned in a previous message or Shauni - which is an Eskimo name.
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Hey!
I'm in Scotland and that is the first time I have read a story EXACTLY the same as mine :)
I was expected to be a boy too! Shaun
Thanks for sharing this made me smile
Happy 2022 X
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Very interesting & yes, I’m ☘️��
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