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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In some Indian cultures, the children are given the father's first name as their last name.  So say you are John Doe and Mary Smith, your kids would be Hannah John and Aidan John, and then your grandkids through Aidan would be Sophia Aidan and Emma Aidan.  One family, lots of last names.  Still one family though.

All of these people talking about people having one name because they are one family stuff - did you feel less close to your maternal grandparents and less a part of that family than you did to your paternal grandparents' family because you had your father's parents' last name?  And for women who changed your last name to your husband's, do you feel closer to your husband's parents than to your own now because of your last name?

I think people feel close to their families because of the relationships.  Not because of the last name. I am close to my children and always will be. We don't need the same last name. [/quote]

Iceland does a similar thing--father's first name and then adds an ending based on whether the child is a boy or girl.[/quote]

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