52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - 2025 Week 3: Nickname

 I'm in the process of catching up with my writing.   This weeks topic,is Nickname.  In my family most of the nick names were the standard shortened nicknames. My name, Geraldine, ìs Gerry.  my Dad, Melvin was Pat as were several Uncles and cousins whose last names were Patterson.   My husband Cecil was Cece as a young child and Cec as a young adult.   My Daughter-in-law’s family used lots of nicknames, most of which didn’t have much of or anything to do with their given names.

My paternal Great Grandfather had a somewhat unusual name Greenup and apparently was frequently known as Green. His second son was also Greenup Bird Patterson. His oldest grandson in his youngest son's family was named after them and was known by his initials, GB.

My Uncle, known as Kenneth to my Dad and me, was named John Kenneth Eugene Patterson. John was his Great Grandfather's and a maternal Grand-Uncle's name, but I don't know where Kenneth or Eugene came from. According to his obituary Uncle Kenneth was also known as Pete. Maybe there were too many Pat's around and it was kind of close otherwise I've no idea where it came from.