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We had families at my college, though I was not in a sorority. They have since done away with the official family names, in an effort to get rid of some of the hazing that way going on. Now the girls say, "I'm from the parrot lineage... "
I was a junior transfer student, so I didn't get the greatest choice of families. The nice thing was, though, that the way the rules were set up, a senior could start their own family. I did just that the next year with two of my best friends who became my little sisters. We were the parrots, pretty much because we all love Jimmy Buffett and wanted to have a cool mascot.
Each family has it's own traditions, flowers, special spot on campus, signature, colors, etc. My littles and I came up with the ideas for our family, but since we've all left, no one seems to remember them. I am in the process of making a traditions pass down book for my family, since one of my friend's from college has a biological little sister in my family that I know.
Other families I remember (off the top of my head): dinosaurs, koalas, pigs, cows, funky monkeys, dead rubber chickens, lambs, butterflies, teddy bears and sharky angels.
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