Barbara Oppenheimer - a retired Boston University professor and grandmother of five based in Newton, Massachusetts - has had quite the summer amid this year’s “Barbenheimer” frenzy.
In an interview with Slate, Oppenheimer revealed that numerous people thought she was joking when she would say her name outloud. The retiree recalled a specifically confusing moment during a recent vacation, saying: “When I checked in at the hotel, I said, ‘Barbie Oppenheimer!’ The guy said, ‘Are you pulling my leg?’”
Also, she actually married someone from the Oppenheimer family and took his name, so
The retired professor also revealed to the outlet that her husband is actually a distant relative of J Robert Oppenheimer; his father is third cousins with the father of the atomic bomb, hence her last name.
Sometimes I get worried that maybe things are too convenient / good / even too bad, and I think maybe I'm being Truman Show'd. But at least my name isn't Barbieheimer