Why Kaitlyn Is False

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The name Kaitlyn was first introduced by my older sister. There wasn’t really much meaning behind picking this name but was said in the nick of time before I was named Ashlee. I couldn’t really get out of being named Ashlee either because it became my middle name. My mother chose to name me Kaitlyn because she thought it was a very uncommon name but little did she know that many other mothers had the same idea as she did around the same time I was born, give or take a couple years. My last name, Maestas, is a fake. There was a big mistake with my great great grandfather who was stranded when a group of Native American’s ransacked his families camp. My great great grandfather was about eight years old. He hid away from the Native American’s

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