It's funny how an in-joke by a group of friends will then travel down the street throughout all their descendants

John plays the king in the Nativity play. there's another. John, so to differentiate them all his friends end up calling him John King. And there's another John who is very tall and as a joke they call him. John Short. And there's a third John who has red hair so they call him. John Fox. And then there's another. John, who is courting Mary who lives on the hill? if you want to know where John is, he's up that hill. so he's now John Hill. Then one day the census guy comes around and he says you all need surnames. or Samuel goes to London, he doesn't want to be a pig farmer. He will take his chances in London. he's asked his name 'Samuel Freeman'. And 500 years later your descendants still carry the names hill and short and fox and king because of your banter 500 years ago, or the vibes some guy with your DNA was feeling.