[APG Public List] Jr and Sr

[JFonkert at aol.com]

My understanding is that Jr and Sr are not even necessarily son and  
father.  If there were two men of the same name in a locale, one might be  known 
as Sr. and one as Jr. based on their ages.  They might be cousins or  
something else.  Do others agree?
 
In a message dated 3/8/2011 11:21:11 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
kathwarr at gmail.com writes:

I have a  question regarding the abbreviations Jr. and Sr.  I always
thought  that if you had a Jr. then the person they were named after
automatically  becomes a Sr.  - for example - My father is James
Michael Cogbill and  my brother is James Michael Cogbill, Jr. - so
doesn't that make my father a  Sr.?  I was told no that it doesn't
because on my father's birth  certificate it doesn't say Sr.  Although
in my thinking it wouldn't  because you haven't had a kid yet to be
named after you.

Can someone  please explain the rules of Jr. and Sr. to me?

Thanks so  much!

-- 
Kathleen Cogbill  Warr
www.olddeadpeople.com





Jay Fonkert,  CG
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