Thanks to all of you who wrote back about our twin grandchildren. Yes, both grandmothers names became the middle names of these precious little girls - we were in tears when they showed us the applications for the birth certificates. My grandmother would be proud as she suggested my name to my Dad. I'm second generation Swedish American, my Mom's parents both emigrating from Sweden in the early 1900's. My older son must be proud of his heritage, too, as the kids will call me Farmor - "father's mother", in Swedish. I've been diligently working on my husband's STROH line. I'm verifying data trying to get something legitimate together for a possible publication. I know it's going to take years, but it's such a fascinating family with a long history. The emigrant brothers arrived about 1750, a few years apart, from the Alsace and settled originally in Lancaster county PA. I've got a huge database as I'm trying to trace all descendants. The tricky thing is getting the children into the correct families - early-on they were naming their children the same names and they all lived in close proximity. New names pop up every once in a while, too. It's a challenge! -Linnea On Jan 17, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Cathy And donald w raber wrote: > Many congrats to you & the parents of the twins, Linnea. > What beautiful names too! And I noticed that your name is in there > too! So very cool! Cathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linnea Miller" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:25:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: [PD-LIFE] Family Update > > Hi All and Happy New Year! > > I just wanted to share an exciting update in our family! On December > 19th my daughter-in-law presented us with twin girls! They're > preemies, born at 30 weeks, but both are doing superbly! <snip>