Don't know what to do about this one...my side of the family has a bit of a 'thing' going, my dad's middle name is William, after his dad whose name was Robert William (although everyone called him Bill..figure that out..), my older brother, so my parents "first born" son also has the middle name William. So I guess if we followed that tradition, then if this bub is a boy it would have William as a middle name...

Do you think family naming traditions such as these should be kept going? My grandpa passed away a few years ago, so my dad doesn't have either of his parents around anymore as grandma passed away not long after grandpa. On one side, I think it would be nice to honour this and keep it going, but then would we feel obliged to name one of our kids (or have a middle name) from DF's side of the family?? This bub will also be our parents first grandchild so it is kind of special.
We haven't really started thinking about names yet, so potentially any name we do choose might not suit "William" as a middle name and we might not even use it at all.

Would you be offended if your family had a tradition going, then one generation didn't continue it and it was lost? I don't really know what my parents would think, have just been thinking about it over the last couple of days..