I completely understand and empathize with your concern. I would be willing to suggest to the committee that decides such things to allow you to freely choose whether you join Lower Ohio or Soon-to-be Ohio instead, or you could just become a part of Ohio proper, as you're basically already our little sibling. <3
That's a common misconception. Io is actually a moon orbiting Jupiter, and OH actually stands for "Oh no! Has OHIO already expanded past the asteroid belt?!?"