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Little Darwin
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My first name is Darwin. My father's name is Darwin.

My parents were divorced when I was young, and until about 8 or 10 years ago I had no contact with my father or that side of the family.

At a family reunion, I was always referred to as Little Darwin by people who hadn't seen me for almost 40 years... The last they saw me, I was not even in school yet. The term was pretty funny because I am about 6 inches taller than my father, and outweighed him by about 200 pounds (I am a little closer to his weight now, but still a long way to go).

Even though this was my first time at the reunion, they had them every other year for quite a while. At the end of the weekend, they always have an award ceremony, and everyone gets some sort of award. I was called forward as Little Darwin, and my cousin thought maybe I should be called Darwin Jr. But, I insisted on Little Darwin... I enjoyed the irony, and hope one day that the title is a little less ironic.
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