The bit about names running in families sure rings true for mine. On my father's side I found names like Peter (a cousin, my grandfather, and my great grandfather) Jacob, was the name of the old partriarch who came over on the boat in 1874. That Jacob had sons named Jacob, Cornelius, John, Henry, Gerhart, Isaac, Franz, Abraham, as well as the above mentioned Peter. Daughters were Maria, Catherine, Helen, Anna, Elisabeth, and Margaret. In another branch of the family there was a daughter Susanna. I have counsins named Margaret and Susanne. And just to confuse later generations of geneologists, my wife and I were going to name a daughter Anna and a son Jacob.
Jim