Letitia was Doug's mother's name. "Buddy" was named after her grandmother.
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night"

Letitia is awful too, why would the creators of
Family
give someone that looks like Kristy such an awful name? Buddy sure isn't much better either especially for a girl, what were they thinking? Kate does look like the kind of woman that would give her child such an awful name, it's the kind of name for a black or hispanic girl.