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I was looking at my mom’s family tree today and found 7 sets of twins and, ngl, they’re a little embarrassing LOL. It’s important to note that almost all of my mom’s family are Mennonite and since the Mennonites kind of live in a vacuum their naming styles/trends really reflect that.

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Betty & Bertha (1940s; they would be the Aunts/Great Aunts/Great Great Aunts of the following sets of twins; also, fun fact they married brothers)

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(All of these sets are either 1st, 2nd or 3rd cousins)

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Lucille & Lucinda (1980s)
Marvin & Marlin (1990s)
Taryn (g) & Tyler (b) (2000s)
Larina & Larissa (2010s)
Kaitlyn & Kayleigh (2010s)
Garrett & Gavin (2010s)

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Personally I don’t hate when twins share first initials, as long as the names are otherwise distinct (different endings or amount of syllables for example), which is why I actually like Betty & Bertha, even though they share the same two first letters, the strong “T” and soft “Th” sounds plus the “EE” and “Uh” endings are different enough so that they flow well and, imo, aren’t too matchy-matchy. This is also why I dislike the other sets, Marvin & Marlin especially are far too similar and confusing.

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If you want, keeping a name from each combo what would you rename their twin?