September 29, 2023 Parents in modern times often seek to use creativity and imagination to give their children unique and special names. That wasn’t the case a few generations ago. While parents have always given serious thought to the names they gave their children, in earlier eras those names often followed specific patterns. In …
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Naming Patterns and Genealogy
June 3, 2022 Did your ancestors follow naming patterns when naming their children? In earlier times, many families did. One of the most common patterns was to name the first-born son after his paternal grandfather. The second son was named after his maternal grandfather, and the third son was named after his father. First-born girls …