All In a Name: A time for the Young

Some might say it is a great time to be Young. At least four Armijo students would agree with that. They are two pairs of siblings who share the last name Young. Jessica, Jaden, Andrew and Alex. The last two are related, but they aren’t familiar with the others.

“I wouldn’t change my last name because I actually like it,” said Jessica, “but the only name I would change would be my first name.” Jaden and Andrew felt the same way. They agreed that the last name was part of who they are.

“Nobody makes fun of my last name, which is surprising since people nowadays like to be really childish and make fun of anything,” Jessica said. Jaden Young didn’t know about the Carlis-Young freshmen or about Jessica, who is also a freshman. “I really didn’t  know I shared the same last name with other people [here on campus],” he said. “I thought I was the only one with that last name here.” While he has never gotten his last name misspelled, he has had to struggle with people misspelling his first name, which has no Y in it.

Andrew Carlis-Young, doesn’t mind sharing a last name with his brother or the other two Young’s. In fact, he said that he thinks it’s pretty cool. He didn’t even have a problem sharing the campus with his twin brother, who happens to be the younger of the Carlis-Young duo. “I like [sharing the campus] and it’s a pretty fun and cool to have a brother here at school,” said Andrew. And about that age difference? “I am only 53 minutes older than him,” Andrew said.

Alex is so much like his brother that his responses were nothing different. “It’s pretty normal to have another sibling come to the same school as me and there’s pretty much nothing I can do when we are twins,” he said.