This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QdV.2ACIB/85.1.2 Message Board Post: hi - I am just starting to look up my family tree, but one thing I have noticed immediately, has anyone else noticed the recurrence of the same names. My grandfather is William my dad's twin was William I have a brother William. I have read other peoples finds and queries and the same names - George, Robert, Margaret, Edward, Leonard, James, Catherine, Elizabeth, and others come up all the time is this just because they were common names or could it be a clue that family branches are linked. My dad had 8 brothers and sisters and I have 6 siblings -we're a fertile lot.