You're not what we wanted!

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So I don't think I've posted this before but if I have, forgive me - It's just that terrible.

My mom reminded me about a lady we know whose name is Hughnie which in and of itself isn't bad, but the origins of the name are pretty awful.  So she has older sisters, several of them, and her dad always wanted a boy to name after himself(Hugh), but her mom said "only one more baby!" so he pinned all of his hopes on the baby being a boy.  Well, obviously she wasn't, so he named her Hughnie, which in their language means "Not Hugh." As in "you're not the son I wanted."

My mother thinks this is funny, and while I kind of agree I also think it's pretty messed up.

(I should edit: she's in her 50's now, and has a pretty good sense of humor about it.)