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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by influx on Sunday July 29, 2018 @01:52PM (#17639362)
What do you do after the next generation?

Example: John Smith and Maria Lopez have a daughter named Angel Smith Lopez.

Who then marries Walter Dunkirk Kim.

The daughter would be Angel Smith Lopez Dunkirk Kim? Or some random combination?

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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by adthomsen on Sunday July 29, 2018 @03:59PM (#17639972)
You pick a name each that you want your children to carry.

Both my wife and I have two surnames, one from each of our parents. We have chosen one of those each and given to our children.

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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by jolmg on Sunday July 29, 2018 @08:29PM (#17641251)
If you do it the way members of spanish speaking cultures typically do it (and Angel named her daughter Angel, too :)), then it'd be Angel Dunkirk Smith. The convention is for children to take the first surname of their father as their first surname and the first surname of their mother as their second surname.
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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by maxerickson on Sunday July 29, 2018 @01:58PM (#17639392)
You do it however you feel like it. Spanish speaking people often carry around more than 1 surname.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname#Spanish_compound_surna...

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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by mbroncano on Monday July 30, 2018 @08:56AM (#17644063)
I can think of a few options:

* The least common surname

* The one from the more affluent family

* The one you like the most

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