my family has a much worse tradition than any of you, so dont be complaining. its a welsh thing i think, lots of welsh families have something similar. all the men have the same first name. all of them. which in my family happens to be ieuan (pronounced yie-un), which no one in england can spell. all the men use their middle names instead, which leads to no end of confusion. since my little brother is gay i am the only one left to carry on the family tradition, which i have no intention of doing.