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Actually, mum once told me that she had named me after my great-grandmother who was Spanish. Although I find this suspect as there seems to be no trace of Spanish ancestry in my family. I suspect she named me after the showgirl in Barry Manilow’s song and was too ashamed to admit it. As for the surname I couldn’t blame her for that as I inherited it from my dad. I did, however, blame her for coupling an already embarrassing surname with a name made famous by Barry Manilow.