Hi, That was true, at least in my Irish family in Bridgeton, New Jersey. My great grandmother's Irish maiden name was "Erety" and four of her 10 children received "Erety" as a middle name. So did my mother, and so did I. Mary Erety Hill At 12:54 PM 7/4/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Russ, >This may not have anything to do with what you are saying but we had a speaker >that spoke of Irish ancestory. How they named their children after they >married. >From the speech we heard each middle name of the people of Irish descent would >use the maiden name of the mother for her children's middle name. >wrakj > > >==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >----------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List----------------- > Want to unsubscribe, and did not save your instructions? > Visit the RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List webpage to see how! > http://medgen.iupui.edu/~rebecca/roots/riddle.html > > > >