Crazy Coincidence or just normal.

jujube said:
My late husband was one of 11 kids. The 6 girls were all Mary something. Mary This and Mary That...... then came the next
generation and they started recycling names.
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Had a lot of "Mary's" on both my husband's, and my side of the family when we got married. ..... everyone just thought we had to name our first daughter Mary ....
... not on your life ...lol
 

So many of my cousins my generation have passed on. I had stacks of them. It's odd to be one of the few remaining. It's left a hole, even though most of them I hadn't seen for years.
 
Keesha said:
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Hahaha! That’s funny. As I was
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4laughing at this my husband corrected me and said I’ve got plenty of cousins by marriage. Soooo I actually have cousins. Yayyy! They are all Newfie’s but good folks

I guess that means I have to keep my nutty cousins.:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 

Sassycakes said:
You're right my parents were both Italian's. That probably is the cause of the same names being on both sides of the family. Of course I married an Irish guy and so did my sister so the same names being like those in my parents families surprises me. I laugh though every time I think about my MIL my sisters MIL and my Mom all being named Elizabeth, and my sisters husband and FIL having the same name as my Dad and so do 2 of my nephews. I'm so happy my Mom named me after the nurse who helped deliver me because no one else in either family is named Barbara Ann.
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I am the only and last of my father's line; there are no boys to carry the name and I am his only child.

He had a sister who married and had 2 girls. She and one of her girls have also passed. However these 2 cousins of mine have had children, so I do have first cousins, once removed on his side.

There is no one alive who has his name other than me.

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My Older brother has 2 sons and one of them has a son so he is the only one that can carry on my maiden name. My Husband has 10 great nephews and my 2 grandsons who can carry on my marriage last name.
 
I lost track of many of my relatives...I do remember Aunts on my Mom's side and my Dad's side....Most are all gone...
I still have my favorite cousin, we grew up together across the street and went to the same schools and we both
had our Maid Of Honor at our wedding's....
My brother tried to get some of the Cousins the last year....Some came out and we had a very nice time, not knowing
their kids....Cause their parents had died....They were all younger then me...Only a couple of cousins were alive..
 
peppermint said:
I lost track of many of my relatives...I do remember Aunts on my Mom's side and my Dad's side....Most are all gone...
I still have my favorite cousin, we grew up together across the street and went to the same schools and we both
had our Maid Of Honor at our wedding's....
My brother tried to get some of the Cousins the last year....Some came out and we had a very nice time, not knowing
their kids....Cause their parents had died....They were all younger then me...Only a couple of cousins were alive..
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By the way, my mom and dad were both Italian....I am Italian, my husband is Italian and my 2 kids are Italian...
So my daughter's husband is German, decent, so her too kids are half breeds....My son's wife is Italian and
their kids are Italian, decent...So when My grandson get's married next year his fiancé is not Italian...
Do I care? NO!
 
peppermint said:
I lost track of many of my relatives...I do remember Aunts on my Mom's side and my Dad's side....Most are all gone...
I still have my favorite cousin, we grew up together across the street and went to the same schools and we both
had our Maid Of Honor at our wedding's....
My brother tried to get some of the Cousins the last year....Some came out and we had a very nice time, not knowing
their kids....Cause their parents had died....They were all younger then me...Only a couple of cousins were alive..
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I had so many cousins on both sides of my family that it's hard to remember them all. My Dad's family never liked my Mom so we were always treated badly.In the later years only 2 cousins on my Dad's side spoke to us. I did love my Dad's grandmother and she loved us. My Mom on the other hand had 5 brothers and 5 sisters. We all lived within walking distance from one another and I am still very close to the remaining cousins. I never missed my Dad's sisters or brother because I had my Mom's family and they really filled the void.
 

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