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Originally posted by ShaniFaye
(inspired by my last post in the married name thread)
As a genealogist naming patterns have always been a big interest of mine. They used to be a VERY precise thing,
1st son = father's father
1st daughter = mother's mother
2nd son = mother's father
2nd daughter = father's mother
3rd son = father
3rd daughter = mother
4th son = father's oldest brother
4th daughter = mother's oldest sister
5th son = father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother
5th daughter = mother's 2nd oldest sister or father's oldest sister
2nd wife's oldest daughter named after the first wife, using her full name
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This makes my head swim. When I was doing genealogy research, this tradition made things SO confusing. Anyhow, say there was a guy named Frederick. Frederick has 3 sons. So his 3rd son is named Frederick as well. Now if Frederick II has 3 sons, does that mean that he'd have 2 sons named "Frederick"? his first son (Frederick III, named after his grandfather) and his third son (Frederick IV, named after his dad)?
(wanders off vacantly...)