A Beth Israel gives birth at Beth Israel?

(David L Ryan/Globe Staff)

The baby in the maternity ward with the ID tag on her ankle that says "Beth Israel" did not have its naming rights bought by the hospital where it was born. Really.

The child's birth Thursday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has nothing to do with the name on that tiny ankle.

That's because the baby was a 7-pound, 9-ounce boy named Ross Israel.

It is his mother whose name is Beth Israel -- and that's just a coincidence. Really.

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