I know that for the English it goes like this, and from I have seen Irish pretty much follow the same naming pattern; First Son or First Daughter - paternal grand parent Second Son or Second Daughter - the parent Third Son or Third Daughter - maternal grand parent So for example you have; William Freeman son of John and Hannah marries Mary Cording daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Children: John William Hannah Thomas Mary Elizabeth I am pretty sure this is one of the traditional Naming patterns. Ellen Mayes On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Earl Sasser wrote: > Hello Sasser Group, > > I received this in part from another list and I was wondering if any from > this group knows about this traditional naming pattern for children. > ++++++ > > >I wish I had saved the thread about how the Irish traditionally named > >their children (ie. first son after fathers father, second son after > >mothers father etc....) > ++++++ > > If anyone knows please e-mail me. I will pass it along. > > > Cordially, > Earl Sasser > ewsass@writeme.com > Thanks, /jem ________________________________________________________________________ Clark Internet Services, Inc. - Internet Business Solutions A member of the VERIO Group of Internet Service Providers ISDN Specialists Ellen Mayes Website Publishing Communications Manager Virtual Hosting Main: 800-784-6512 Network Integration Direct: 410-995-0551 ext. 224 Internet Filtering Email: ellen@clark.net Collocation Services High Speed Access