The actor Kevin McCarthy just died. Did you know that he was the brother of Mary McCarthy? I certainly did not. Intrigued by this new trivial bit, I did some reading up on his sister. She had a son named Reuel. Did you know that Reuel is Hebrew, meaning "friend of God"? I certainly did not. I had never heard of this name before tonight. It is one of the R's in J.R.R. Tolkien. Anyway, what I get from this is that you could have a son named Reuel and a son named Raoul—two names that look similar but are of wholly distinct origins. And a third, Royal.
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