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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 @02:05PM (#17639425)
You are looking at pregnancy with modern eyes. It has not been uncommon to believe that a child could have multiple fathers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry

(specifically the part about partible paternity)

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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by SamReidHughes on Sunday July 29, 2018 @02:12PM (#17639460)
That has in fact been very uncommon.
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Re:Why don't more men take their wife's surname when they ma... by OscarCunningham on Sunday July 29, 2018 @04:04PM (#17639994)
Yeah, but your original comment was about database normalization. Generally you want your database to store all of your data, not just most of it.
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