A prophet came to a house in Bethlehem to anoint a king, and the father lined up seven sons for inspection and did not think to send for the eighth. He was out with the sheep. Nobody considered him. That is the story the name keeps brushing against, and it is why it is worth telling even though the name itself is not in the Bible at all. Where Owen comes from It is Welsh, from Owain, and the usual…

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