----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy McCallum" Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] naming pattern > Hi Listers, > I understand that in the Scottish naming pattern, the eldest son is named > after his paternal grandfather, the eldest d. after her maternal > grandmother, the second son after his maternal grandfather, and the second > daughter after her paternal grandmother. Is this correct? And is there > more to it than that? This should help, but is only a guide. (In several of my own Scottish families, the 3rd daughter was named for the mother; 4th for mother's eldest sister .. so 'pattern is not written in stone.) http://www.halmyre.abel.co.uk/Family/naming.htm Relationships (?# of cousin .. ?# of removes etc) .. scoll down for chart; print off & keep for future reference. http://www.genproxy.co.uk/relationships_progenitor_cousin.htm Toni ~ Ontario