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From: "Henzel, Steve" <>
Subject: RE: given names - naming converntions?
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 12:08:37 -0700


Robert,

I'll be interested if you get any private email responses to this. I
have never heard of this with German families, but that is precisely the
custom followed in the Italian side of my family. It gets real
confusing at family get-togethers. My mom has something like 35-40
first cousins, and half of them are named John, Mike, Sofie or Teresa.

--Steve

-----Original Message-----
From:Robert Goetz [SMTP:]
Sent:Wednesday, September 10, 1997 12:30 PM
To:
Subject:given names - naming converntions?

I have noticed a pattern in the given names of the first and
second
children in my grandfather's family.

Eldest son - named after paternal grandfather
2nd son - named after maternal grandfather
Eldest daughter - named after maternal grandmother
2nd daughter - named after paternal grandmother

Was this a common practice or just coincidence in my family?
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Robert Goetz VTLS Inc.
VTLS Sales Support1800 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
USA

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