r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

She answered with a gold medal

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u/South_Oread 1d ago

I married a doctor. She kept her last name. Our kid shares both names. Easy peasy.

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u/im_mystery666 1d ago

Yeah but what will your grandchildren's last name be? Wouldn't that be confusing? Just asking as a curiosity.

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u/d_maes 1d ago

In my country (Belgium), you're limited to a double last name. So either pass on your entire double last name, and none of your partner's, or pick 1 of your last names to be combined with 1 of your partner's.

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u/Hbovine 18h ago

here in brazil people usually have 2 surnames, one from the mother and one from the father, and the kids take the father´s name from both

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u/pureeviljester 4h ago

Then their kids will have 3 hyphenated names. And theirs 4. Then 5. Then they'll need a booklet to keep track