My grandfather’s name was Zina Myatt. He had a twin sister named Tina. It was pronouced “Ziny” and “Tiny.” Do not ask me why – I do not know.
I never met my grandfather. He died a few years before I was born.
In all the people I’ve met, all the genealogy research I’ve done, and all the times I’ve asked, I have never seen another reference to the name, “Zina.” I wonder where it came from when he was born in 1895.
Tonight I was working, and looked down at a book central to the project, and noticed on the cover, “Foreward by Hal Zina Bennett.” I’ve looked at this book hundreds of times, and never noticed that.
I searched him out online and he has written dozens of books, including many on Native American topics, holistic health, creativity, etc. How could I not have run across his work before? Or have I and just not noticed the name?
It’s an odd coincidence at any time. But all the more interesting when I’m on land my grandfather would have visited, sitting in a house built in the same place where the house his widow lived in used to stand.
If you’re a person who believes everything has a meaning – and I am – this bears notice. What the meaning is eludes me, however. Life is full of mysteries..
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