Sharon,

Thanks for the eloquent explanation of your great niece's name. 
Mari's out right now testing her glucose, but I'll ask her how 
Spanish people spell Elaina. I'll probably get it screwed up if I try 
by myself. Mari's the linguist around here.

She says Elena is spelled E L E N Ay.


Thank you so much,
Reeva Parry.


On Monday 5/21/2007 05:13 PM, Sharon Hooley said:

>Reeva,
>
>Ellaina's mother, Blanca, was adopted by my sister and her husband 
>from Guatemala when she was 5.  I believe she married a Caucasian 
>man, but I don't know his nationality.  Blanca doesn't really know 
>her birth family, but once, when she heard the name Elena, (I think 
>Spanish people spell it this way), it hit her hard, so they figure 
>it might be the name of her birth mother.  Thus this is the name 
>they gave their baby, though it is spelled Ellaina.
>
>Sharon