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How could the main charecter be James Bond Jr. if he's supposed to be the NEPHEW of the famous James Bond? Did Ian Flemming's charecter have a brother with the same name?

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From a Dictionary of Genealogy & Archaic Terms

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randyj2222/gendictj.html

JUNIOR,SENIOR,III, etc
not necessarily meaning a father/son relationship, these terms were used to differentiate between men (and sometimes women) with the same name whether they were related or not. The oldest would be called Senior and the other(s) would be titled accordingly. If Peter Smith had a nephew Peter Smith, the former would be titled Senior, the latter Junior. In a small community, there might be three men named Peter Smith. They would be named Senior, Junior and III according to their ages. If Peter Smith, Senior died or moved out of the community, Peter Smith, Junior would become Senior. These titles were not permanent, but rather conveniences in colonial families and communities.

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One theory I've heard is that James Bond Jr. is in fact James Bond's son, but they claim he's merely a nephew so that Bond's enemies won't try to kidnap him or something to that effect.

Considering how many women the real Bond slept with, there must be two dozen James Bond Jr.s by now.

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Bond doesn't even have brothers or sisters so he can't possibly have a nephew.

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