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Fathers Naming Sons After Themselves With JR Or II Meme

This meme uses an edited photograph featuring two identical versions of former U.S. President Barack Obama. One version of Obama stands behind the other, placing a medal around the neck of the second Obama, who is grinning widely. Text overlaid at the bottom of the image reads 'FATHERS NAMING THEIR SONS AFTER THEMSELVES AND ADDING JR OR II'. The joke draws a humorous parallel between the common practice of fathers naming their sons after themselves with a generational suffix, and the visual of Obama effectively giving an award and his own identity to a copy of himself.
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FATHERS NAMING THEIR SONS AFTER THEMSELVES AND ADDING JR OR II

Overview

This meme uses an edited photograph featuring two identical versions of former U.S. President Barack Obama. One version of Obama stands behind the other, placing a medal around the neck of the second Obama, who is grinning widely. Text overlaid at the bottom of the image reads 'FATHERS NAMING THEIR SONS AFTER THEMSELVES AND ADDING JR OR II'. The joke draws a humorous parallel between the common practice of fathers naming their sons after themselves with a generational suffix, and the visual of Obama effectively giving an award and his own identity to a copy of himself.

Origin notes

The meme is edited from a real 2017 photograph of Barack Obama receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, with Biden edited out and replaced with another cutout of Obama. It was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit paired with the poster's question asking why people began the practice of naming sons after themselves with JR or II suffixes.

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