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That's quite poignant but uplifting too, I discovered something similar also, at first I thought it was a coincidence but the further I look back the more I find that it appears to be a tradition for the maiden name of the women married into the Urquhart line, to have that maiden name used as a middle name for some of the children. For example my great grandmother was called McGowan and my grandfather's name is Andrew McGowan Urquhart. This pattern repeats itself with middle names for both male and female children such as "Turner, Robertson and Yule". Maybe this used to be normal to do but it's the first I've heard of it.
Yes, have come across this. Not sure how it would work if the maiden name was, say, Grace and your first four children were all boys. When the fifth boy arrived, would you chance it and hope the sixth child was a girl, or just give the fifth boy a middle name of Grace to preserve the tradition?