So, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole the other day, trying to find out about Carolyn Chambers’ children. You know, Carolyn, who was married to John Chambers, the big-shot CEO from Cisco for ages. Seemed simple enough, right? A prominent guy like that, figured info would be easy to grab.
Well, I started digging around. Found the basics pretty fast. Okay, so they do have kids. Two of them, apparently. A son and a daughter.
Then things got kinda murky
It wasn’t like looking up some movie star’s family. Trying to get more details, like names or what they’re up to? Man, it was like hitting a brick wall. You find mentions here and there, maybe a name pops up connected to the family foundation or something, but solid information? Not really out there in the open.
- Son: John J. Chambers (sometimes called Johnny)
- Daughter: Jillian Chambers
But beyond that? It’s surprisingly quiet. They aren’t really public figures, which I guess makes sense. Not everyone wants the spotlight that comes with having a famous parent.
It reminded me of this time I was trying to piece together the history of an old piece of software we used at a previous job. We knew who originally made it, the main company. But trying to find out about the specific team, the individual developers, why certain weird features existed? Forget it. The information just wasn’t kept, or it was buried so deep in old archived company files nobody could access.
I spent like a whole afternoon clicking through ancient-looking websites and forums, trying to find anything. Found a couple of vague references in some forgotten newsgroup post from like, 1998. It was frustrating, you know? You know the thing exists, you know who was generally responsible, but the actual details, the human part of it, is just gone or hidden away.
And that’s kind of how this felt. You know Carolyn Chambers and John Chambers had children. Their names seem to be out there, John J. and Jillian. But they’ve managed to keep their lives pretty private. It’s not like there’s a big online trail or lots of interviews. They’re just… living their lives, I guess, away from the public eye that their dad was in.
So, the takeaway? Some information just isn’t meant to be easily found online, especially when people make an effort to maintain their privacy. Even with a super famous parent, it seems you can stay relatively low-key if you want to. Makes you think about how much we expect to know about everyone these days, you know?
