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There are some rumors that Lindbergh led a double life and had a wife and three children in Germany (which is claimed by one of the three), but since I can't find comfirmation, I have not added it to the article.

I think that we should move this article to "Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr." and create an article about his son at "Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.". WhisperToMe 17:58, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

  • I don't agree, since the two persons are linked together very much and I believe that, excluding the kidnapping of the poor boy, there is not much other interesing information about him. Pascal 18:57, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)
I don't agree either. Like Pascal said. The proper article seems to be at the appropriate name now. -- Infrogmation 20:11, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

But the kidnapping itself made the son famous. There have been many books written theorizing what happened to the child. An article about the son would have to be almost all about the kidnapping, murder, and conspiracy theories people wrote about it, but I still believe that the article should splinter. Even if the father and son are related, per se, there should still be separate articles distinguishing them. WhisperToMe 03:51, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

The father is always referred to as Charles Lindbergh, and the kidnap victim is always referred to "the Lindbergh baby". The son is not famous, the kidnapping of the son is famous. An article about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping or Lindbergh kidnapping gives some clue as to content: an article about [[Charles Lindbergh, Jr.]] would only be mystifying. -- Someone else 03:58, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Actually, the article is Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., and the son WAS somewhat famous, since the newspapers called him "The Eaglet". His death made him more FAMOUS, but the people involved were even MORE Famous than he was. By the way, while "Lindbergh Baby" is a well known name for him, it is NOT a suitable name because it is not the formal, legal name given to the child. WhisperToMe 23:41, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Yeah, sort of like Jimmy Carter. -- Someone else 23:52, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

My case in point is an airport. New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan is commonly called by westerners as "Narita Airport", but that is NOT the airport's official designation. I'll see if anyone wants to keep the article at "Jimmy Carter". WhisperToMe 00:06, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

My point is that I think it would be wrong to make two seperate pages about the father and the child, with on both pages more or less the same info about the kidnapping. Perhaps a seperate, detailled page about the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and two entries: Charles Augustus Lindbergh and Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.. Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr. could redirect to Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Then in the articles about father and son, we can simply refer to the kidnapping article. I doubt if there is enough information to make a seperate (non-stub) page about the child (but that can be because I don't know very much about the subject), but if anyone wants to give it a shot, it's fine Pascal 12:40, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

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Information about Lindbergh's alleged affair with a German woman has been included in this article, despite the original author's decision (listed at top of this page) not to include it. In fact, I think that was a wise decision because, as far as I know, there has been no real confirmation of the affair apart from the supposed daughter's display of letters between her mother and Lindbergh. I was going to change the wording of the affair in the article to "alleged," but it's a bit tough to do when the sentence following it talks about the "three children they had together" (paraphrase)! (Putting "alleged" in twice just makes it too awkward). I don't care one way or the other if Lindbergh did have the affair, but it seems to me that until it's been confirmed with DNA or something equally conclusive, that the information on the affair should either be removed or reworked to make it clear it's only an allegation. If someone wants to give such reworking a shot, go for it. Moncrief 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

breaking news

This news item should be incorporated [1] into this article. Kingturtle 20:39, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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