Jambo

I am doing research on my family tree and this week I'm working on the Barnum family name. We are descendents of P.T. Barnum of Barnum and Bailey's circus. Also of Pocohantas, but no one believes me.

Today a patient is talking with a friend of mine. He says "I know how to say hello in every language of every person I've ever met"...."In Kenya, hello is Jambo". He says "My great great grandfather was from Kenya. He sold P.T. Barnum his first elephant". They named him Jambo/Jumbo meaning hello (Jumbo is hello in Swahili). Hello, an appropriate name for the first elephant.