The legal use is 2 surnames, father mother, people can often recite combinations to several generations back, but that is really ancdotic, although it makes genealogy pretty straight forward
The Spanish system is superior:
FirstName(s) Parent1LastName Parent2LastName
To clarify it’s the first last name of both parents, and you can choose the order with the condition all children of same parents must have the same order.
flamingo said, a couple comments up, that it’s the first last name of both parents. So Child1 should be B J or J B, Child2 should be the same and Child3 should hence be B B, B J, J B, or J J depending on what 1 and 2 chose. Right?
I agree with the fact that it’s easier for everyone to share the same name, especially when one parent travels alone with the kids. It’s such a faff (with good reasons) if you don’t have the same.
The issue is more that it’s often assumed that the wife has to take the husband’s name by default, rather than it being ultimately a choice between the couple.
It’s easier that everyone in the family has the same surname imo
So the kids get double surnames?
Do their kids get quadruple surnames? Where does it end?
The legal use is 2 surnames, father mother, people can often recite combinations to several generations back, but that is really ancdotic, although it makes genealogy pretty straight forward
Right… As long as people were faithful (90%)
Still works, it’s just the DNA that doesn’t get passed along.
The Spanish system is superior:
FirstName(s) Parent1LastName Parent2LastName
To clarify it’s the first last name of both parents, and you can choose the order with the condition all children of same parents must have the same order.
Just pushes the issue down one generation…
Parent1 B C, Parent2 J K
…
Parent3 B A, Parent4 J H
…
Child1 and Child2 become Parent5 and Parent6
Parent5 C K, Parent6 A H
…
it seems to work pretty well (ends up preferring people with two surnames, which is an ok amount of surnames)
The whole system collapses if you have a child with someone who has “chosen” a different family surname order.
flamingo said, a couple comments up, that it’s the first last name of both parents. So Child1 should be B J or J B, Child2 should be the same and Child3 should hence be B B, B J, J B, or J J depending on what 1 and 2 chose. Right?
I agree with the fact that it’s easier for everyone to share the same name, especially when one parent travels alone with the kids. It’s such a faff (with good reasons) if you don’t have the same.
The issue is more that it’s often assumed that the wife has to take the husband’s name by default, rather than it being ultimately a choice between the couple.