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This isn't about name origins or anything, but why do some last names have a "-" in their last name? For example, Wilhot-jaily. (I made that name up to use as an example). Why can't the name just be one name like Wilhotjaily?
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Are you talking about hyphenated names?
The obvious answer is that some people want to use both parents last names for their offspring so that they don't lose representation of either family. This is probably more true where the maternal line has some practical significance or advantage ...
The obvious answer is that some people want to use both parents last names for their offspring so that they don't lose representation of either family. This is probably more true where the maternal line has some practical significance or advantage ...
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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 Lopez
For an example, if she marries
Juan Flores Medina,
their child could be
Esperanza Flores Garcia,
but if the father is proud of his mother's name, the child could be
Esperanza 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.
Dolores Garcia Lopez
For an example, if she marries
Juan Flores Medina,
their child could be
Esperanza Flores Garcia,
but if the father is proud of his mother's name, the child could be
Esperanza 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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