My name is...

I'll be saying, "O meu nome e..." ("My name is") quite a lot over the next few weeks.  But I learned today that in Brazil, names help tell a lot more about a person than our simple Karen-Hebert-version.  Here I would be Karen Anne Hegerich West Hebert.  Now that's saying something!  It recalls my aunt, my mother's family (German), my father's family (Welsh) and my husband's father's family (French).  Any for those of you lucky enough to really know the cast of characters represented you'll know quite a lot about the crazy and wonderful influences in my life. 

So I might be saying "Karen Hebert" but now I'll be thinking "Karen Anne Hegerich West Hebert".  Nice to have the whole family along on the trip!