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For awhile I had moved away from using family names in my combos, but now I'm liking the idea of them again. However, this presents a dilemma for me because I'm closer to my mother's side of the family than my father's side, yet I like more of the names from that side.

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For instance, my sisters are Amina Marcia (pronounced mar-SEE-uh) and Valerie Joyce. I'm closer to Amina, but dislike her names whereas I love both Valerie and Joyce...but we're not close. The same with my grandmothers. I was close to my maternal grandmother, Gladys Antoinette, but had a severe dislike of my other grandmother Joyce.

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It wouldn't be an issue, but I would hate to hurt my mother's and sister's feelings by choosing names from the other side of my family when it's no secret that I'm not close with them. I know that my mom would never even acknowledge that it bugged her, because she would want me to make my own choices, but I also know that it would bug her.

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So...what would you do if you were me? Keep in mind I'm not actually planning to have children for at least a few years.

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Also, can you think of any variants or alternatives for:

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Amina
Marcia
Valerie
Joyce
Gladys
Louise (my mother's mn)
Odessa (my mother's mn)

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Also, what would you think of using my mother's maiden name, Riles, as a mn for a son or daughter? Too much of a stretch?

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