My high school friends are pretty ungoogleable

If I still remember how to spell their name, it's too common for Google to really work

Same here. We had a lot of really common Irish last names -- Boyle, Murphy, etc. And a lot of common first names, too -- Jean, Tim, John. A boring lot, come to think of it.

I hadn't tried Googling anyone in my family. Hmmm.

I hadn't tried Googling anyone in my family. Hmmm.

I did another Google on my mom's maiden name, and she does turn up, on a "Where are they now?" page for her high school's alumni group. Which I think is kind of funny, and I should email her the link.

But my brother, who is a pretty online-y sort? Not a trace.

I googled my family. My dad's relatively hard to find (most of his cites are Jamaican papers, either writing or being reported on) because his first and last names are coincidentally often found together. But I found the announcement of my mother's promotion to professor last year! She's even cooler than I thought, and all over the place. My sister, similarly so.

In fact, they're all more googleable than I am.

Which is just fine by me.

I don't think my family has much of a web-presence. There is the Coffee Roastery run by my cousin and her husband. [link]

I just googled myself and my family. I don't exist, which is nice. My dad shared a name with a famous author and about 10,000 other people, so nothing there. My step-mother is all over the place, however. First 5 results were here, and several of the others were also.

My dad's name is too common, he might be out there but he can't be found in the google flood. Pretty much the same for me too. My family just isn't very googlable.

If you google me, three of the hits are actually me. Two of them are two other people with my name, and about twenty others are sporting results and involve Italy. My sister's name is very rare, especially with our surname, so she's all her. My mother uses t maiden name t married name a lot, so searching on three terms means it's almost always her.

Dear Owen,

I'm sorry for buying the coffee table with the SHARP POINTY CORNERS just as you're learning to walk.

Love,
Mommy

I feel like an idiot.

If you google my name, you get about 1.7 million results. It appears that mostly I'm an author.

My family's last name is Hall, so I get lots of residence halls at colleges when I Google them.

Although I did find a folk group with my brother's name which is very much not him, and a production company under my dad's name, which is also not him.

Late timelies to everyone.

And that's good news, Daniel! Welcome home to your nephew.

Lots of ~ma for Cindy and Susan and anyone else who needs it.

And 38 weeks! Raquel, you're so close. Happy and calm ~ma to you and the wee one-to-come.