If you do not see the video below, click the link to be directed to the video on YouTube: Play “Uncle Joe”
My father had eight siblings. His last-surviving brother, Joe, has lived in South Carolina since 1941, far–geographically and culturally–from his birthplace in Rhode Island. (Listen for the unusual S.C./R.I. accent.) I interviewed him recently, via telephone, and he told me a surprising story about how he got his name.
