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This has always been a funny "secret" to me since I have a hyphenated last name – gee, my last name is "Dolan-Gavitt", I'll give you two guesses what my mother'
by moyix 8y ago
This has always been a funny "secret" to me since I have a hyphenated last name – gee, my last name is "Dolan-Gavitt", I'll give you two guesses what my mother's maiden name is.
- buttcoinslol 8y agoI would have no idea what your mother's maiden name is? With only your post as a reference point, I would assume that you're a woman married to a man, and then assume Dolan is your paternal last name, and Gavitt is your married last name. Encountering men with hyphenated last names is uncommon enough (for me) that I don't know the rules for that, so if that's the case, I don't know either.
- moyix 8y agoIt's semi-common (or was, in the 80s) for couples who didn't want to change either of their names to instead give their kids a hyphenated name with both the mother's and the father's name. So my mother's maiden name is... Dolan.
- cortesoft 8y agoYeah... my mom's maiden name is her current last name (didn't change her name when she got married) and my middle name as well. It really is a pretty outdated and sexist system, really.