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The only time I've seen it was the case of Caroline Bouvier Kennedy and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. Bouvier, of course, was the mother's maiden name. I find it strange. Once is enough.

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ETA: How could I forget? My sister's husband and his brother both have the same middle name, Joseph. Their sister's middle name is Marie. This is because they are French Canadian (or their parents were, they were all born in the USA) and it's a tradition for French Canadians to give every boy the middle name Joseph and every girl the middle name Marie. My sister did not want to follow this tradition, yet she wanted to give a son the middle name Joseph anyway to honor my father. So they did give their first son Joseph as a middle name, but my brother-in-law had to make it clear to his family that it was after my dad, not because of the tradition, lol. Then when they had a second son he did not get the middle name Joseph, so I guess they would have known from that anyway.

This message was edited 11/30/2015, 5:49 AM