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[quote=Anonymous]My concern about hyphenating my DD’s last name was that it could create issues for her later in life, for instance if she got married. If she already has a hyphenated name, it would be harder for her and her spouse to hyphenate their names if they chose. I’ve also met people who chose to blend their last names (not hyphenated but combining their names into a new, single word name for the whole family) and hyphenation challenges that.

Hyphenation is unwieldy, so to me it made more sense to give her both our names but as stand alone names. My DH’s name is her last name, but that choice wasn’t automatic. We discussed both options but the deciding factor for me was that she is the lone grandchild on my DH’s side (and he’s an only) whereas I have many nieces and nephews with my last name. So it was a bit if a gesture to my ILs. Which of course they didn’t appreciate because they never realized we could have chosen differently. But that’s on them for being narrow.

Names are so hard.[/quote]

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