Hi, Thanks to all of you who gave an explanation of the term double teeth. Apparently it is more common than I thought. I also had never heard of double teeth refering to molars here in America. We learn something new all the time when doing genealogy and I certainly am learning here. I wonder if it is more common in those with an English ancestory. Of course that was one of the stories that my mother told. From what she said, I got the impression that these were not just baby teeth that did not come out. The ancestor who had it was born about 1800. She must have had them still when she was an adult so that her children noticed in order to pass along the story. Then one of you described having them much later only pushed back into the roof of the mouth. That makes sense also. In those days there would not be our modern dental care. Thanks to all of you who helped me understand a story that had been passed on in talking about the family. I never though much about it until I saw that wonderful letter. Velma