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Re: Realina
Miss Claire, is it possible that instead of being Real(ina) as in Reality, that it could be Real as in Real Madrid - in other words, Royal? Perhaps Auntie's name might translate as Queenie? I've got no idea at all how much Spanish was being spoken in Prague in her day, but her father was certainly a man with a wonderful, well informed mind! And the lion L"owe) is the King of the animal kingdom ...
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Wow, I hadn't thought about that! That's indeed possible, since the Lowe family lived in Spain a good 500 years before emigrating to Prague!
Thank you for pointing that!
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