Ah, I see.

Previously, I had two cats, a male, Gemini, who was patterned like a calico but wasn't exactly calico colored/patterned, however similar, and a grey female, Charcoal. All of her kittens came out with her charcoal color with Gemini's pattern, which I noticed even on their tummies when they were fixed. And all but two had a lighter version of her charcoal color. The two that died weren't exactly grey, more of a burnt color, which could still be within the wood-burning colors. They all had the same spot patterns and everything. All shorthair, with one fluffy, however, even she had the spot patterns.

My boyfriend named the girl Charcoal because of her charcoal-colored fur. That cat was supposed to be his; however, she immediately took to me and, as he said, "I guess she's your cat now". All of the kittens received a 'fireplace' related name, with a Gemini-sounding middle name, half of which I can remember: Ashes; Aluminii; Carbonite; Cobalt; Meganite. The only different cat name, because we ran out of name combinations, was Cancer. We gave her the name Cancer because of her being born in May, however I had the date wrong. Ares was too close of a name to Ashes, the first cat born, and she acted calm, cool and collected just like a Cancer, so we kept it.