In TT, Gen says he has sisters (we don't know how many). In the short story I linked to above, he learn he has an older brother. In QoA, it says Gen's father, the Minister of War, knew "...that his youngest son, for all his complaints, had the concentration and the patience to be a great swordsman. They were the same virtues Eugenides's grandfather had admired in him." Since he calls Eugenides his youngest versus his younger son, I presume there's at least one other brother. So, we know Gen is one of at least 5 siblings, possibly more, and the youngest boy.
Perhaps, figuring the minister of war had a couple of other sons to take after him, Gen's mother decided to name the youngest one in honor of her father, his grandfather Eugenides, the Queen's Thief at the time, knowing that he'd appreciate having a youngster to train up after him in his old age?
And some cultural traditions don't formally name children until they are past a certain age. Perhaps as a toddler he was already showing promise... enough to warrant the name Eugenides.
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Date: 5/17/17 07:59 pm (UTC)Perhaps, figuring the minister of war had a couple of other sons to take after him, Gen's mother decided to name the youngest one in honor of her father, his grandfather Eugenides, the Queen's Thief at the time, knowing that he'd appreciate having a youngster to train up after him in his old age?
And some cultural traditions don't formally name children until they are past a certain age. Perhaps as a toddler he was already showing promise... enough to warrant the name Eugenides.
Just my two cents!