This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: camtechman_01 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/124.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi William, Thank you so much for responding, it's very thoughtful of you. As to the children's names, this is an avenue that we (most of the family) are fully aware of and have resolved, unfortunately it doesn't take us anywhere with the search in tracing Jean Guillaume Hodeige's path from England back to Belgium. However, when I first came across this avenue of discrepancy you have found, like you I was very curious but the answer became very obvious once we knew about Amelia's other relationships. Suffice it to say, apart from the twins girls: Jean & Yvonne, the other children that followed were not sired by Hodeige, even though their surnames are registered as such and these children were given & had their 3rd Christian names registered as the biological father's surname: Smith. Hence: Barbara, Pamela, Smith - Hodeige & Edward, Peter, Smith - Hodeige. I've been some 21 years unravelling this side of the family's 'hidden' history, which I didn't find out until I was 42 years of age and some members of the 'family' are still not even aware of these discrepancies. As Sir Walter Scott wrote:"What a tangled web we weave when at first we practice to deceive" and as Sir Winston Churchill said:"It's a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" Anyhow, I would like to thank you again for replying to my request and if you can think of a way to break through the England to Belgium brick wall, I'd be most grateful. Kind regards, Tony Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.