On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:42:56 +0200 "Diane wynne" <thewynnes@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Diane, > The question is, how likely is it that parents would have two living > children, one called Sarah and one called Sarah Maria? I have similar sorts of things. It's possible, but I have no way of knowing for sure, that the elder of the two was very ill, and not expected to live, at the time of the birth of the second. Consequently, the name was "handed on". Subsequent to that, the elder made a recovery, so a second name was given the the younger sibling so the two could be differentiated. I'm sure others can come up with other equally plausible explanations. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It's not your heart, it's your bank I want to break It's Yer Money - Wonder Stuff