29. Is there a naming tradition in your family, such as always giving the firstborn son the name of his paternal grandfather?

Is there a naming tradition in our family? 

Co-incidence or tradition? 

28. What do you know about your family surname?

 Family legend gives that our Williams name came from Wales. My Great Great Grandfather  Nasmith Williams (b. 1794) and his brother Rees  purportedly came from Wales as the story goes that has been handed down in the family. However, according to census records, his children list him as coming from Pennsylvania.

According to Wikipedia, Williams is a patronymic form of the name William that originated in medieval England^[3] and later came to be extremely popular in Wales. The meaning is derived from son or descendant of Williame, the Northern French form that gave the English name William too. Derived from an Old French given name with Germanic elements; will = desire, will; and helm = helmet, protection.^[4] It is the second most common surname in Wales and the third most common surname in the whole of the United Kingdom,^[5] the third most common in the United States of America and Australia and the fifth most common in New Zealand.^[