Genealogy Chat

By tradition, my husbands family always had the second name of McKensie for the eldest son of the eldest son. My mother in law broke with that tradition and i followed suit. I am now sorry that I did. Kathlyn

yes thomas im finding it hard to get started on my new husbands side of the tree.like has been said im finding mothers nee surname being the childs middle name. been living glasgow just over a year now and hardly got anywhere on his side.any help would be nice. happy hunting . avril

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Thanks for your feedback folks.

Thomas these were the common naming patterns in Scotland & the mothers maiden name was often used as a middle name.. First son - named after child's paternal grandfather Second son - named after child's maternal grandfather Third son - named after child's father Subsequent sons - named after uncles, cousins, or whomever First daughter - named after child's maternal grandmother Second daughter - named after child's paternal grandmother Third daughter - named after child's mother Subsequent daughters - named after aunts, cousins, or whomever Georgina.

when two clans came together there was sometimes an arguement as to what name came first in a marrage so sometimes both names were used or the oldest child was blessed with both names

Mothers maiden name used as a middle name or even grandmothers maiden name is the usual on my scottish side of the family Maureen

Hi folks, anyone know if it was common to use a Mc as a middle name? As in.... John McGuffie McKie So... no hyphen, but was there anything relating to how a name with two Mc's was used back in the 1890's. Would the McGuffie be a middle name, or suggestion of a double barrelled surname. cheers.