This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFk.2ACIB/1729.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The reason I wondered is that I have not been able to find the parents or aunts, uncles, etc. for my William House, born in 1813 in Kentucky. Of course, William is/was a very common name, so there is probably no link. It's just that in those days, many boys were named after older male relatives. Do you know anything about their religious or ethnic background or possibly if they were redheaded?