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108-year-old with 36 great grandchildren finally gets what he wants: a namesake
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108-year-old with 36 great grandchildren finally gets what he wants: a namesake
Description
February 26, 2018
Esmond Allcock has six children, 17 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. To his dismay, though, none of them were named for him. That finally changed last year when his great-granddaughter Jenna Lehne decided to name her second son Esmond.
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