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Given that one of the major uses of this is a criminal alias, is this the word wanted? Also, I can see remarkably little use of it except in obits, which appear to have been copied from each other. Any earlie? usage? Anmccaff (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes the original use seems to have been someone who said "if he's the father of.... then she's the mother..." I think it's in one of the references. All the best: RichFarmbrough, 22:43, 19 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Dr. George Santos, a transplant specialist at Johns Hopkins, said at the time that if Dr. Thomas was the father of bone marrow transplants, "then Dottie Thomas is the mother."
Yup. This wasn't a common nickname, something people used frequently. And it wasn't found on Post Office walls, either, so I suspect "moniker's" other implications aren't intended. A Shelta etymology usually isn't a good sign. Anmccaff (talk) 23:04, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It would be good to establish the timeline a little more clearly - it is interwoven with Don's and I have managed to correct a few things that disagree with the sources, but it is not clear when Don graduated, or when he "got" his lab - is this the hospital appointment? and did she join him straight away? All the best: RichFarmbrough, 13:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]