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Throughout his time on the reality show Sister Wives, Garrison Brown was known by that name. However, some fans were surprised to learn that he also went by the name of Robert. Following the sad passing of Janelle’s son, tributes mentioning Robert caught many off guard, as they were not aware of his preference for that name.
The revelation that Robert was actually Garrison came to light on social media. In 2015, he joined Instagram using the handle @robertthebrown, completely omitting his given name in his bio and simply going by “Robert Brown.” Despite not being very active on the platform initially, he eventually shared a photo of his family nearly a year after starting his account.
Robert Garrison Brown’s fourth photo shared on Instagram in 2016 was a tribute to the late star. Despite his official first name being Robert, he was known as Garrison on the TLC show “Sister Wives.” This sparked the question as to why his family chose to use his middle name instead of his given name. On Reddit, a user pondered the reason behind this choice, considering recent articles mentioning that Garrison preferred to go by Robert. The mystery of why he was not referred to by his true first name remains unanswered.
Throwback to 2017 with a photo shared by @robertthebrown on Instagram. Fans of TLC showed off their impressive memories by recalling moments from the show in the comments. One user mentioned that Janelle’s late father was named Robert, so they always called her son Garrison as a tribute to him. However, when he started school, teachers began calling him by his first name, and he never corrected them, leading his friends to know him as Robert even though his family continued to call him Garrison.
In the comments, some people shared their understanding of why the family used both names for Garrison Brown:
“It’s common in the culture I married into, we call it a house name when it’s a name only family uses. It’s common in my husband’s family. When I met him, it was through his family so I even call him by his middle name.”
“My uncle does this! We have always called him by his middle name. He prefers his actual first name and uses it with everyone outside the family.”
