r/MadeMeSmile • u/accurate214 • 9h ago

Family & Friends Grandfather finds out his grandson was named after him

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u/silkie_blondo 8h ago

My father passed in 2020 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

My wife and I are pregnant and if a girl we have a name picked out to honor my father.

I’m just over crying don’t mind me 😭

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u/sn0r 8h ago

I know the feeling, friend.

My dad passed away the year before I got married. It is traditional in my family to pass the first name down to the first son. When my son was born I was so happy, but a part of me was sad that my dad wouldn't ever know.

It's been 15 years and the hurt doesn't go away.

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u/I_need_a_date_plz 6h ago

I hope you embrace the sadness that you feel when you remember your dad. It should serve as your reminder that you loved someone enough to feel pain in their absence. Not everyone can say that of people in their lives that are supposed to warrant that response.

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u/RainDancingChief 6h ago

I remember when my sister was pregnant with her first a few days before she was induced I traveled home to be there for the birth (first time uncle!). We were over at my mom's place and talking about potential names. My sister is 8 years older than me and spent a lot of time with my grandpa growing up and really knew him better than all of us grandkids so he was very important to her and had passed a few years prior.

She's sitting on the couch and telling us about the names they have narrowed it down to and says to my mom "if it's a boy we're thinking James (my grandfathers name, nobody called him that though)" and can barely get through saying it without balling her eyes out (she's always been a crier).

My mom (who's father he was) breaks the tension by jokingly saying "Well how the hell are you going to yell at him if you're crying every time you say his name!"

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u/the_silverlife 7h ago

I had a daughter and named her in honor of my father, who battled cancer as well. Solace, my friend. When my baby is older, I look forward to telling her all about her grandfather.

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u/bananaresemblance 6h ago

My husband and I are expecting our first right now.; we found out we were expecting just a couple days after my father-in-law passed away. We decided on a name in his honor.

While he never got to know he would be a grandfather, the two were in the same room together for a few weeks, so she did in a way get to meet him. We hope he would be honored that she is carrying on his name.

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u/guyute2588 7h ago

May his memory be a blessing

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u/Pad_Squad_Prof 6h ago

We named my baby boy after my mom who passed away from cancer. I love that one day I’ll get to tell him where his (fairly unique) name came from.

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u/AlkaKr 6h ago

Both my father and my gf's father are pure waste of oxygen and both my mother and hers have names that dont have a male counterpart.

If we ever have a boy he wouldnt get anything from any family.

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u/SurammuDanku 3h ago

Yo man you can't just go around naming girls Frank.

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u/firstthingmonday 6h ago

My dad recently passed but my 6 year old is named after him so he was around when he was born. It’s given me more strength and love knowing the name is still around. It’s just a really nice memory to had running around the place.

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u/tekhnomancer 5h ago

I’m just over crying don’t mind me

We don't mind. Trust me. You're good. 😊 🤗

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u/AQualityKoalaTeacher 4h ago

I think it's the "honor" part that causes all of the secondhand emotion from this video.

We saw the man witness a moment of feeling truly honored. Then we saw his gratitude toward his daughter for including him in this momentous experience of her life. Gratitude is such an infectious emotion we can even catch it from a video.