There's an interesting, non-politics-related, factoid about the family of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
Rob Ford is one of four children of Doug and Diane Ford.
The names of the four children, in birth order, are: Kathy, Randy, Doug, and Rob.
Rob's brother Doug, as I'm sure you've concluded, is named after his father Doug.
But Doug Jr. is the second-born son. The first-born son is Randy, who isn't named after his father.
This is really interesting to me, because there's a story behind that! We don't know the story because it obviously isn't applicable to anything that's in the public interest, but there is a story. Either there was something so important about the name Randy that they had to name a child Randy before even naming a child after the father, or something changed between the birth of Randy and the birth of Doug that made them feel the need to name a child after the father.
I think this would make a good writing prompt. The firstborn son is not named after the father. The second son is. What's the backstory? How does this affect sibling relations?
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Is it known whether the Toronto Fords are related to the Detroit Fords, of Ford Motor Company fame? They seem to be bullish on cars-first transportation infrastructure, suburban sprawl, etc.
I haven't heard anything to that effect, although that doesn't mean they aren't distantly related.
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