Best sibset ever.

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So the last post reminded me of an Asian family that I know.

Originally I knew my friend "Xeng", pronounced about like "Sang". (It's actually spelt "Xeev" on his birth certificate, I'm not sure about why.)

And his last name is Yang, so his name, Xeng Yang, rhymes.

Then I met his sister Peng. This, too, rhymes with Yang.

That made me curious, if maybe he had other siblings with interesting names, so I asked him about his family.

His oldest brother, born before the family imigrated from Thailand, is legally named Weng (rhymes with Yang), but then when they moved here of course he got teased, so he goes by the nickname Meng (also rhymes).

The rest of his siblings (it's a big family) were born after the move, so the parents decided to give them "American" names. They are Jack, Jason, Julie, and Linda.

Then, years later and unexpectedly, Xeng came along, and by then they'd gotten over their idea of "American" names and wanted to give the baby a name from their culture instead, hence, Xeng. Then a couple years later they had Peng.

So the family is Meng (Weng), Jack, Jason, Julie, Linda, Xeng, and Peng Yang.

*I'm not trying to make fun of other cultures here, I want to be clear on that, I just think this is a fun sibset and thought I'd share the story.