SCOsazOBY

lol or my name's Richard, this is my son Dick, and his son Rich

v5 man

iTrader: (4)

A true story, happened to me this year, not funny, but relevent:

My mum phones and says "Aunt Gwen called, Johns dead, fell asleep at the wheel of his car, crashed and died"!!!
Obviously I was gutted, my uncle John has died, a great man in my life
We then went to the funeral, we got there just before the start and walked in to take our seat. I looked towards the front of the church, guess what...........? there was my uncle John standing crying with the other members of his/my family!!!!! you cannot imagine how I felt at that moment believe me!!!
It turns out after much confusion that it was my cousin John, aged 21, who had died, my uncle Johns son!!
I spent the day in total disbelief and the funeral didnt help me mourn my cousin as I still dont believe he`s dead as I already mourned the loss of my uncle!

My morale of the story: give kids their own name



Cliff

Suresh

Almost everyone in my wife's family has "Maria" as a middle name - including the men! It's a Catholic thing, apparently...

Suresh

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

So is having a family, apparently!!

Ns04

ScoobywagonGl

My lil un took his dads name as a middle name he also has his surname think he did it to píss me off

I had no say in my sons name

mad_dr

Well thanks for the replies guys, I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the whole "give your son the same name as you" thing a bit odd!

ScoobywagonGl

Had you called your son after his mother/grandmother that could have been slightly weird

G-STAR

That's fairly close with me. My Grandad was called Richard, my Dad's middle/second name is Richard, and I'm a Richard too.

v5 man

iTrader: (4)

Are you saying you`re a Dick?

Bram

In the past the sequence for naming children in British Isles was done as follows.

1st son named after fathers father
2nd son named after wifes father
3rd son after father if not used prior

1st daughter named after mothers mother
2nd daughter named after fathers mother
3rd daughter named after mother if not used prior

Damn useful sequence if your doing your family tree!

Echo

We named our son after my dad, only problem is that my dad named me after him. It was my wife that insisted on the name, not because of anything other than she thought that name suited him. We used her dad's name as his middle name. Our daughter has a pretty cool name though

mshill

iTrader: (4)

nothing wrong with naming your son after you, in fact it was the best suggestion i ever made
I always have the perfect excuss when my trouble and strife calls me for assistance. "sorry dear i thought you were calling young mark"