My birth name is John because my mom realized (thankfully) that my too literate big sister was partially kidding when she said \\"I want a baby brother named Charlie Chan\\"
For awhile, I had considered taking Seraphim of Sarov as my patron saint - but Fr Joseph kept my birth name at baptism, calling the Forerunner to be my patron saint.
If I ever return to Ethiopia, though - I will probably be known as Yohannes to the Amharic speakers and Waanis to the Banna speakers.
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