I don’t think having 3 sons with the same name is normal, but it certainly is possible. I have a family with two sons that had exactly the same name....Manuel Pereira Rosa. Both lived and immigrated into California. So, it does happen. One of those naming traditions/rules that gets broken occasionally.
Kathy Sent from my iPad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Mar 18, 2019, at 12:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello everyone, > While I know that it is very common for a couple to have multiple daughters > with the same name, I have never come across more that one son with the same > name, unless one died before the other was born. Below I have 3 couples where > the father's name is João Bernardo, they are different couples (different > wives). The paternal grandparents look to be the same. The paternal > grandmother's name changes but the first name stays consistent, to make > matters worse, two of the mothers seem to be sisters. Is having 3 sons with > the same name normal? Counting the 3 Joãos, this couple would have had 8 > kids, not enough to run out of names! > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1900-1905/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1900-1905_item1/P502.html > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1900-1905/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1900-1905_item1/P425.html > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1897-1899/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1897-1899_item1/P90.html > > Leonor > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
