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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. I forgot I have an even trickier one.

Mom and kids are hyphenated Smith-Jones. Dad just has his original last name Jones but didn't add the hyphen.

Is Smith/Jones still acceptable here? Or do I do the Smith-Jones Family with a hypen instead, but that sort of ignores dad?[/quote]

In that case I do "Smith Jones Family" and allow them to either think the lack of hyphen was on purpose or by accident! Either way bases covered and no one really insulted.

I also privately think dad is a jerk for not just hyphenating his name like everyone else is. They all have to take his name but he can't add his wife's name? Come on, dude.[/quote]

He might absolutely be a jerk. Sometimes there are other reasons, especially if you are in a licensed profession. It is a quagmire to try to sort through multiple names when you are licensed. I took my mother's last name after my divorce and *before* I received the first professional degree, so I didn't have to deal with that. What a relief.

I didn't go back to my maiden name because it is frequently misread as something antithetical to my profession, so that was a no-go, too. And of course you can live your personal life under a different name than your professional life, but that gets knotted up in some ways, too.

But yes, he might just be a jerk, too.[/quote]

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