Elijah Michael Smith
I WAS BORN: July 12, 2011, in St. Luke's hospital in Duluth.
MY PARENTS ARE: Eric and Melissa Smith of Hermantown.
MY BROTHER IS: Ethan, 2.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: Mary Johnson of Roseville, Minn.; Denise Burke and Scott Smith, both of Proctor; and the late Michael Johnson.
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MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: Dolores Glansman and Esther Johnson, both of Little Canada, Minn., and Dolores Smith and Dave Larson, both of Proctor.
MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: They wanted my name to start with the letter "E" and they both like the nickname "Eli."