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Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by astura on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:24PM (#16033439)
...or whose mothers never married at all... Or people who don't even have mothers at all.

The assumption is also that your mother's maiden name is different from your own name. Which is a very questionable assumption.

We certainly show our cultural biases when coming up with these questions.

Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by stevekemp on Saturday December 30, 2017 @05:01AM (#16034603)
> Or people who don't even have mothers at all.

That intrigues me. I can imagine not having a living mother, or even a mother who died before/during/after childbirth.

But I can't imagine how it is possible for a child to have no mother at all. Is there a situation that you demonstrate ?

Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by twobyfour on Saturday December 30, 2017 @08:17AM (#16035117)
A child whose father(s) commissioned an egg donor and a surrogate?

An adoptee (of a father or fathers) who never knew who their mother was?

An orphan who never knew who their mother was and lived in an institution their entire childhood?

Sure, everyone has at least one biological mother. But there are plenty of people who don't and never will know their biological mother's name.

Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by seceng on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:00AM (#16034746)
Adopted by two fathers.