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How naff.

DS was in a swimming class with Molly, Holly and Polly (not related) and it all got very confusing, so probably wouldn't do it.

I have come across triplet girls who must be in their 80s now called Gladys, Alice and Janice.

DH, DD and I are all AH Surname, bit unimaginative!

My mum is Jenny and her best friends are Benny and Penny!

NO. What is wrong with people.

I know someone who had 5 kids who's name all begin with T.

There was a lady on Supernanny USA or Nanny 911 that had kids called Emmet, Emma, Emily, Emjay and er.....Eminence?

Oh deary me, no. A friend of my mum's has children called Hayley, Leanne & Leigh, not rhyming as such but still variants of the same bloody name!

Am at the Holly, Molly, Polly, Ollie type registers - I bet there are a few teachers familiar with that nowadays!

I also went to school with sisters called Jean and Jane, which I never understood .

On the subject of families with same letter names, there's the Duggar family from somewhere in the US who have something like 20 DCs all with J names. Good job they didn't start with a Zoe .

those duggars have a Jo and a Joanna and a Joy. fgs.

They also have a Jinger .

They ignored all the real names that start with J and bastardised a nickname - why?!

Loon mum at school has a James, jack, josh and is expecting a Jay - yawn! Also used to know a family who were Alan, Anne, Aaron and Aidan. Not my cup of tea but then I think people who dress kids in matching clothes are odd too

I have a friend called Wayne, middle name Dwayne! Luckily his surname is completely different!

You could have Karen, Darren, Sharon and Aaron. Excellent.

I know of someone with a Lana and a Lula and I find it really stupid. Likewise siblings Henry and Harry. There was some family in the Guardian travel section with teenagers Emily and Millie. One of the names is just the end bit of the other one. They looked such a sensible family in the photo I just couldn't understand how that had happened. You can't just use what is basically the same name twice no matter how much you like it!

oh my. lula is a vagina

I went to school with a Wayne, Shane & Dwayne. My mum always stifled a laugh

DF used to teach siblings Elaine, Aileen and Leeanne. Bet that was hard to say in a hurry.

tenderisthenight I suppose they might have called them Emily and Amelia, or Emily and Millicent, not thinking that the second might get shortened to Milly?

But Henry and Harry is stupid, even if its really Henry and Harrison or something.

I know someone who has three boys, and their names all start with J.

I also know two brothers, Roy and Ray.

I know someone called Robbie (short for Roberta); her husbands name was Rob (short for Robert) - coincidence, obviously. But they called their son Robert after his dad, nn Robbie Theur daughters name was Hayley. Iirc.

I also know a family, the parents names begin with R, as do their four daughters.

And a family where the three kids are named a derivative if the fathers name.

mine all have similar sounding names <mental>

Prim -- so do I. Do I know you? <paranoid>

My next door neighbour is called Candy. Her twin sister is Brandy. Her elder sister is Mandy and her younger sister is called Sandy.

My dad knew a bloke called Cyril, wife beryl and their daughter Cheryl. Ha ha.

Lancelottie do you live in Wales?

Nope.
Phew.
Must be a fair few batty families out there then.

My parents used to know a family with a Kirsty Katrina Katherine and Kate. Always felt sorry for Katrina and Katherine, as their choices of diminutive were obviously limited by the actual Kate.