Thanks to all of you who replied. Doesn't make much sense to me, but translating from Gaelic to English probably doesn't. I'm assuming the same is true for the names Daniel & Donald. I have many that seem to slide from one to the other throughout their lives. D. Lou Ritter ----- Original Message ----- From: "George F. Sanborn Jr." <seorasog@attbi.com> To: "Donna Lou Ritter" <drlulu@chartermi.net> Cc: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Mother-daughter names > Marion and Sarah are the same name in older Highland records. The Gaelic name Mor was anglicised first as Marion, then almost without exception it was decided > that Sarah was the English equivalent. The same person will be found in records by both names. > > George Sanborn > >