You mentioned “confusing” in conjunction with the “Jr.” issue. When I was a young man I had a part-time job with Sears in their collection department and many was the time that I thought that I was speaking to the customer and I was instead talking to his son or his father. Such are the delights in the stupid Jr. and Sr. bit.
And I was told by people who worked in the granting of credit that they encountered similar problems when trying to get a credit history from various organizations.
All because men who had such a lack of imagination in naming their sons, or, more likely, the heightened sense of their own star status that they conferred upon their son their own name, believing, I guess, that the glory would be reflected on their progeny.
Which reminds me. I once attended some single A baseball games (single A is a lowly form of professional baseball, men who want to be major league players start there) and on one team was Mickey Mantle, Jr. Well, of course, those genes come together very infrequently and Jr. was a big disappointment. He lacked the talent.
But he was Mickey Mantle Jr. and there were high expectations...not to be realized. He must have felt a failure.
Wow, you have a really strong opinion about this issue. All I can say is I don’t agree with you across the board, but I’m sorry if this has caused some problems in your own life. Most of the Juniors I know don’t seem to have any sort of issues with their fathers based on their having been given the family name. Perhaps you should talk it out with someone.