Talk:Sabine's mother/@comment-7117024-20171006192953/@comment-32340720-20171007214232

It's also possible that she took on an Italian name when abroad and kept it becauses the foreign name appealed to her. Like how in the states, people of Asian descent will adopt an "American" name (like Daniel or Agnes) to go by while keeping their birth names that are in their native tongue in an effort to fit in more. Perhaps Sabine's mother changed her name for some reason, or she was indeed born named Befana because she was born in and grew up in Italy for a time before moving back to Shanghai. Sabine isn't exactly a Chinese name, either. It's also Italian.