Hi Stephanie It called the Irish naming patten, it was never the order of the day, just a sort of tradition, some family followed this better than others.   Terry   http://kennytree.com/Irish/irish_naming_pattern.htm     --- El mar, 23/12/08, Stephanie Anderson <spitfire_sh@hotmail.com> escribió: De: Stephanie Anderson <spitfire_sh@hotmail.com> Asunto: [BEARA] Traditions of naming a child Para: beara@rootsweb.com Fecha: martes, 23 diciembre, 2008 12:38 So I have had the pleasure of making it home this holiday season and I have come across some letter my grandmother had written or received from other relatives. It makes me laugh, one of them (not my grandmother) found Riobard's book in a library in Montana and was looking through it. They read through the entries and one of the names we are researching is Houlihan. Well this relative writes to my grandmother and says, I think that since it says (Suavane) Houlihan it must be what they call all Houlihan's. Well, unfortunatelly she was wrong and we are of the Cain Houlihan branch. Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after the maternal grandmother. Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Thanks and happy holidays! Stephanie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message