Repetição de nome próprio na família: um velejar pelas águas da lealdade familiar e diferenciação

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the repetition of the given name within a family considering two concepts: Family Loyalty, by Boszormenyi-Nagy and Differentiation of Self, by Bowen. We became interested in this issue when we realized that the given name repetition within families is perceived to be something present in all regions of Brazil, regardless of social, economic and cultural strata. In addition to this there is a scarcity of studies that relate the repetition of the first name with the Family Loyalty and Differentiation of Self. This study was done through a qualitative research design of case study and was conducted in the city of Macapá - Amapá, with two people from the same family who have family roots in the city of Cametá, state of Pará. The participants were the father and the son who have the first name in common, belonging to a family in which seven people have the same first name over five generations. The semi-structured interview was used in the data collection with one participant and secondly, the construction of the Family Genogram was done with the participant who was in the previous step and his son. The results showed that in the history of the participants lives both Family Loyalty and Differentiation of Self are present, however it was noticed there is a loyalty to himself and to the Accredited Family that in many instances, is more pronounced than the loyalty to his origin family