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Subject: Re: [D-Col] Re:Survival of early twins, etc.
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:35:05 EDT

In a message dated 8/3/04 8:02:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

> Hi List,
> It is doubtful that the twins, Abraham &Jacob, of Gerrit Jansen van
> Oldenburg bap. 28 Oct 1643 survived. Jacob definitely did not as they bap.
> another son
> Jacob on 14 Oct 1646.

The baptism of the second Jacob **probably** indicates that the first died,
but there's nothing *definite* about it. I learned the hard way that every
once in a while a family would have two similarly or even identically named
children who both survived to adulthood. Why would they do that? I have no idea.

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