A DISTRAUGHT woman explained her heartbreak as her sister choice to give her niece the same name as her daughter who sadly passed away.

The woman said that her family supported the sister's decision to use the name, despite the pain it brought her.

Taking to Reddit the woman, who kept herself anonymous, explained the insensitivity of her sister in the wake of the tragedy.

She said: "I was pregnant with twins a few years ago. Unfortunately only one baby survived, a little boy who we called Henry, and my daughter who passed, we called her Daphne."

The woman then explained that, despite being close when they were growing up, she and her sister had drifted apart as her sister resented her getting married and pregnant first.

She continued: "When I announced my pregnancy she wasn’t happy as I’d done another thing before her, but when my daughter died she seemed to be a lot nicer.

"Because of this change, we made her Henry’s godparent.

"She became pregnant recently and refused to announce a name until a few days after birth.

"The baby girl was called Theodora which is beautiful. I was bringing presents to her and saw my dad building a huge toy box with 'Daphne' on it.

"When I questioned, I was told the baby is called Daphne & only Theodora on paper, no one will use full name, only her nickname. All my family knew and supported her."

Startled by this bizarre decision, the woman said she became upset and asked if it was a "cruel prank".

She explained: "[My sister]came out and told me to f*** off, I don’t own a name and she liked it since my baby’s funeral.

"My family are on her side and say why do I care? My baby is not here so there is no confusion and don’t see why I caused a scene and ruined a happy time and why can’t I be happy for her.

"I am petty and cruel. They want me to apologise but I don’t want to."

Fellow Reddit users were outraged by the story and were quick to share their views.

One said: "The poor girl is going to ask about her name someday and find out she was a pawn in her mother's sick rivalry."

Another added: "From all the names in the world, she chose this one and worst part is, it's not even the official name for the baby. I wonder if she didn't chose that name to hurt you…"

While a third said: "This post made me feel physically ill. If anyone had used my dead sisters name because it was cute at her funeral my entire family probably would have had a meltdown.

"This would be grounds for immediate no contact to me."

Previously, a woman revealed how her toxic mother-in-law announced her pregnancy online by posting photos of her tests.

For more family dramas, this woman received an "invoice" from her MIL, detailing everything she'd spent on them that year.

And a mum-to-be revealed she fell pregnant while already expecting – and is now having TRIPLETS "conceived 10 days apart".

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