O dimiourgos tis seiras Matt Groening onomase tous xaraktires tis seiras me onomata tis pragmatikis oikogeneias tou opws tou patera tou, Homer, tis miteras tou Margaret (Marge) kai twn mikroterwn aderfvn tou Lisa kai Maggie. Arnithike ostoso na onomasei ton patera tou Homer me to onoma tou pappou tou, to onoma tou opoiou afise stous ipoloipous singrafeis tis seiras na vroune.
Etsi aftoi ton onomasan Abraham xwris omws na xeroun oti to pragmatiko onoma tou pappou tou Groening itan ... Abraham! What are the odds..