My given name is Jennifer Leigh Lyon, but everyone calls me Jenny. My parents named me Jennifer for the sole purpose to give me the nickname of Jen, which they thought went well with Sam, my brother. Leigh is my mother’s name, and she has always liked the idea of a family name and decided to start her own. Lyon, of course, comes from my dad’s family. If you go back far enough on my family tree, my dad’s family comes from a group of nobles who emerged from the city, Lyon, which was founded in the early Common Era. I asked my parents for any more significance about my name, particularly my first name, and all they could tell me was that they thought it went well with my brother’s name. My name and most important piece of my identity came
