I wonder how many second wives actually let their husbands name their first born daughter after his first wife? :) -Christine Ayers >X-Message: #2 >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:06 -0500 >From: "Todd ONeill" <document@choiceonemail.com> >To: IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <00dd01c4126e$af7094f0$03c8a8c0@Manager> >Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Given names >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >IRISH NAMING PATTERNS > > >There was more than tradition involved in naming Irish children. There >was a "British Isles Naming Convention" of the late 1500 to 1850 that >suggested naming them as follows: > > >First son named for Father's father. >Second son named for Mother's father >Third son named for Father. >Fourth son named for Father's eldest brother. > > >First daughter named for Mother's mother. >Second daughter named for Father's mother. >Third daughter named for Mother. >Fourth daughter named for Mother's eldest sister >Second wife's oldest daughter named for the first wife. _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/