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Subject: [RHEA-L] Naming Pattern for Scots
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:52:54 EDT

Sent to me from another list. and I can tell you that sometimes this was
following and other times not. Pat

Found this in a newspaper called, The Family Tree

Most countries have their own naming customs, but the Scots had a very highly
developed system of naming children. It went:

The eldest son after the paternal grandfather.
The 2nd son after the maternal grandfather.
The 3rd son after the father.
The eldest daughter after the maternal grandmother.
The 2nd daughter after the paternal grandmother.
The 3rd daughter after the mother.
Subsequent children would be named after still earlier forebears, but
generally the naming pattern in their cases would be less structured.

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