Hi, I noticed in the letter that was posted that the writer referred to having 4 double teeth drawn. Could someone tell me what that means to them? I have a brother who had what my mother referred to as double teeth. He had an extra set of teeth behind the regular ones in the front of his mouth (probably about 4 teeth and had to have the extras extracted.) Then another member of the family had about 4 teeth that did not have permanent teeth under the baby teeth. Fortunately only one of them was in the front of the mouth. This seems to be an inherited trait and can go either way. My mom used this as one of the ways that she was certain that an ancestor from England who had the same problem was ours. I had never heard of it before it cropped up in our family and I wonder how common it is. Do any of you have that in your family.? It certainly caught my attention but I don't know if the author was referring to the same thing. Fortunately this is minor compared to what some people inherit. Our family also seems to be very healthy and have much longer lives than was the norm in earlier times. Many lived into their 90s when all of the modern medicine and surgery was not available. I would be interested in hearing if any of you have found this in your families. Velma VJSpringer@aol.com

Double teeth are molars (the grinding, chewing teeth). Extra teeth are known as supernumeraries (usually found as inciscors - the cutting teeth at the front). Sometimes permanent incisors will erupt (appear in the mouth) before the primary or deciduous (aka "milk") teeth exfoliate (fall out) - and so give the appearance of a double line of teeth. Usually once the primary/deciduous teeth have been extracted the permanent ones will gradually move into alignment without orthodontic treatment. Elizabeth Pugh Whitehorse Yukon Canada

Hi Velma I also had four as a child. I did not know it was hereditary, I have not encountered such in my family since or before ( unless they took the wrong baby !!!) It my case the teeth each grew in the roof of my mouth, they had been pushed that direction by the tooth already in its place. There was not space for them to exist elsewhere. None of them were at the front and they were on both sides of my mouth. Their extraction did not effect the rest of my teeth , the normal number of teeth remained. I had them all extracted in one go, experiencing the pleasures of 'gas' and even remember stumbling as I left the dental practice. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <vjspringer@aol.com> To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 6:49 AM Subject: [LIN] Double teeth > > Hi, > > I noticed in the letter that was posted that the writer referred to having > 4 double teeth drawn. Could someone tell me what that means to them? I > have a brother who had what my mother referred to as double teeth. He had > an extra set of teeth behind the regular ones in the front of his mouth > (probably about 4 teeth and had to have the extras extracted.) Then > another member of the family had about 4 teeth that did not have permanent > teeth under the baby teeth. Fortunately only one of them was in the front > of the mouth. This seems to be an inherited trait and can go either way. > My mom used this as one of the ways that she was certain that an ancestor > from England who had the same problem was ours. I had never heard of it > before it cropped up in our family and I wonder how common it is. Do any > of you have that in your family.? It certainly caught my attention but I > don't know if the author was referring to the same thing. Fortunately > this is minor compared to what s! > ome people inherit. Our family also seems to be very healthy and have > much longer lives than was the norm in earlier times. Many lived into > their 90s when all of the modern medicine and surgery was not available. > > I would be interested in hearing if any of you have found this in your > families. > > Velma > VJSpringer@aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message