Re: Does anyone have two surnames?
by avd (guest)
9/1/2004, 7:04 AM
many
reason; many family's wanted a lady to retain her family linage as well as her husbands....
reason; many women of our time wanted to retain their family name as well
reason; on many older birth papers, both parents in some locals used their names added to the childs name
reason; it was customary in some native cultures to say ones name as son of / and /, thus stating two surnames where no written records were kept