This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/682.1 Message Board Post: My gggrandfather, John Frank Donovan b.1826, was called Frank since he had a first cousin who was also John Frank. My relative married a woman whose family came from Maine. I am wondering if there is any conncection since the Donovans seem to have a penchant for using the same names. In other words, could YOUR John Frank be the son of MY John Frank's first cousin.