Legacies out there?

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by als463

Not to sound stupid but, I was wondering if Chi Omega and Kappa Sigma have some kind of connection? For instance, because of certain members who were brothers of Kappa Alpha and later male counterparts of Phi Mu-essentially, they are considered (depending upon where you go) our brother fraternity (even though NPCs don't really have any-it's just a thought that some chapters have). I thought it was interesting the dialogue between you two and I wondered.

Kappa Sigma is not considered a "brother" fraternity to Chi Omega; however, one of our founders, Dr. Charles Richardson was a proud member of Kappa Sigma (and one of their National Officers).

And so this thread doesn't get too off course...

I'm not a legacy, but I guess you could say my Mom was! She was a Special Initiate of Chi Omega about 15 years after I joined!

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Generally, our badge is only worn by initiated members - but w/ our connection w/ XO and the fact that it was willed to you from your grandfather, it's an amazing heirloom to have, and also very meaningful and powerful i'm sure. we don't 'pin' (aka 'drop') w/ the actual badge at our chapter, but i suppose something similar to that scenario could be seen for you to wear it - but i guess from my standpoint normally only brothers wear the badge. i guess that doesn't help much - but it's a pretty phat story about how you ended up with it in the first place . . .

Rob

Interestingly enough, Dr. Richardson (Chi Omega founder) had his Kappa Sigma badge and a Chi Omega badge mounted on opposite sides of his watch fob.

[nicolee103]

i'm a delta delta delta legacy, and my best friend pledged tri-delta at her school. but we don't have tri-delta :-( i think my family would have definitely wanted me to go tri-delta if we had it, but they're just happy i'm keeping greek life going as a KD :-)

[AOII Angel]

I was a legacy to AOII through my sister who is less than a year older than me. When I decided to go to her university (I swore I never would) there was never any real doubt that I'd go the same way she did (though I denied it at the time!) Maybe if we weren't so close in age and hadn't shared a room for 16 years, I would have been okay thinking of joining another group, but it would have really been weird for both of us. We actually were roommates in college, too. In the end, it worked out really well. Karen and I always had similar friends so I fit in well with the chapter. Once I was in, we always hung out with the same people in the chapter anyway. In many ways, we are a lot like twins.

[alum]

My bio sister is my Kappa sister. Albeit we went to different colleges, hence we pledged at different chapters.

[jmuaphi10]

my mom was alpha chi omega; my grandmother and one aunt were asa; another aunt was delta zeta; great-grandmother was a founding sister of tri-sigma at longwood university; and 2 cousins were a.phi

i went a.phi, but actually didnt even know my cousins were a.phi until AFTER i got my bid (they are older).