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Her birth name is Cara Carleton Sneed,perhaps of the Essex Sneeds, more recently of the Boston Sneeds, perhaps . . .

Born Austin, Texas, from a family that had been in Texas for generations. She grew up in the San Francisco area, though. Her father was in the Nixon administration and was a judge for three decades.

[Dr. Sivana]

Born Austin, Texas, from a family that had been in Texas for generations.

The name Cara Carleton Sneed sounded so much like something out of P.G. Wodehouse or Dorothy Sayers, that I couldn't help envisioning her as an Episcopalian raised, London schooled snob with old blood lines.