Hi List I have a query about the naming of children. I have encountered a couple of instances where a couple is credited with 2 children of the same name and one where they actually had 2 sets (ie. William & John, twins - William & John later, a couple of years apart). My first inclination was that the first born had died. I then began to think that possibly the children were born to 2 sets of parents of the same name. Today I noticed in a posting by Gary Park that he had 2 Williams in his PARK family, the first having died young. Can anyone tell me, was this a common practice? Regards Karen Davies Vancouver, Canada Now Researching in Lancashire: WHITWORTH in Hawkesbury: WHITWORTH, HOPKINS, COOK, ?DAVIS? in Oxenhall: HOPKINS, RICKETS, WOOD, ARNOLD in Westbury-on-Trym: HOPKINS, ?DAVIS? in Bristol: DAVIS, HINDER, DAWES, in Channel Islands: KENDALL, BENGEFIELD (BENEFIELD), STONEMAN in Middlesex (London) HUMAN