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Re: Why are "-" in some surnames?....
Oh, I never knew that! That's weird. Thanks!
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This kind of reminds me about Spanish last names. You have two last names in Spanish; example:Dolores Garcia LopezFor an example, if she marriesJuan Flores Medina,their child could beEsperanza Flores Garcia,but if the father is proud of his mother's name, the child could beEsperanza Flores-Medina Garcia,which only makes things more harder. But anyway, this is probably useless. Well, I hope you got the message: the mother of the child can add her own maiden to the child's surname; like this for an American:Sarah Robinson m. Michael Johnson= Larissa Robinson-Johnson.
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