It did not hold up in my Irish family, but it did very definitely happen in my wife's Sicilian family. Jim McCarthy, Somerville, MA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noreen910" <noreen910@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Traditions of naming a child > Yes Stephanie, to my knowledge it was the norm. In my family, all four > children are named after the grandparents in that order. > Noreen in NY > > > In a message dated 12/22/08 23:13:56 Eastern Standard Time, > spitfire_sh@hotmail.com writes: > 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