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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you'll end up doing a LOT of explaining if you go the mash up route, OP. If you're okay with that, go for it. [/quote]

Why? Let's say that the adult last names in the family are Layhill and Newton, and the child's last name is Layton.

If you didn't know the parents' last names, why would you ask the parents about their child's last name of Layton? And if you did know the parents' last names, it seems rather obvious how the child got the last name of Layton, so why would you ask? I suppose you could ask, "Why did you give the child a combined last name?", if you wanted to be nosy, although again the answer seems obvious: because the parents thought it was a good idea.[/quote]
Because if I meet somebody and their kid has a different last name (and mine has a different last name from me), I assume they have the other parent's last name. If I knew the mom was Layhill and the kid was Layton, I'd remark, "oh interesting your [mom's and dad's] names are pretty similar!" Or if I were familiar with the parents' names, I'd ask where the kid's last name came from. I'm not a nosey person, but I think most people would "notice" or whatever if the family had 3 last names.

I'm interested to see what society comes up with as a solution for this since I didn't take DH's name and it bugs me my kids only have his name.[/quote]

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