FIfth Generation - Terry

 

January 30, 2026

Saul Terry

ESL 100

My name

Fifth Generation

I used to be called by so many names. When I was seven years old, my uncles and cousins used to call me "chato"; which means short in Spanish. It was due to a popular TV show where one of the main characters was a little kid kind of similar to me called "chato".

Over the years, I kept growing taller, even more than my older cousins who used to call me chato. The funny fact is that they were calling me chato even knowing that I was taller than most of them.

Despite how I prefer to be called or how my name sounds, I'm really proud of the history behind my full name. It remainds me my ancestors, my identity, and my origins because I'm the fifth generation in the family named Saul Terry.

In short, I really like my name for many reasons, but if I have to talk about it, I can say that I feel privileged and lucky because in my family only the first born son can be named Saul Terry. 

Comments

  1. BillyFebruary 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM

    Thank you for you tell a conventional habit about your name of story.

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