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Here's an only tangentially related question I've wondered about several times now, reading various articles about this case: his girlfriend's last name is "Sti
by roel_v 14y ago
Here's an only tangentially related question I've wondered about several times now, reading various articles about this case: his girlfriend's last name is "Stinebrickner-Kauffman", and consistently so. I know of Spanish customs where children get the last names of both parents, but these names don't sound Latino. Is it customary for (sorry if I'm making a wrong assumption there) Israeli/Jewish people to take both last names as well, or had she been married before? (again not to be stalkerish, I don't really care if she had been married - I'm just wondering if there are other cases than in Spain where it's customary to take the name of both parents).
- zb 14y agoIt's not unusual for this to occasionally happen in English-speaking countries, though it is not ubiquitous in the way it is in Spain. Also note that the two names don't necessarily come from her 2 parents; it's quite possible (indeed, likely) that she inherited that name through several generations.
- FaUaCaKcYaOaU 14y agoWell this has got to be the most autistic reply in here.
- roel_v 14y agoSorry if it came across that way - it surely wasn't meant as prying into these people's details. I was just wondering about how people end up with the names they have.
- tokenadult 14y agoHere's an article on surname patterns in the United States, previously submitted for HN discussion: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/19/156923573/when-hyphen-boy-meets-hyphen-girl-names-pile-up http://www.npr.org/2012/07/19/156923573/when-hyphen-boy-meet...
- roel_v 14y agoOh that's interesting, missed that the first time around, thanks.
- stretchwithme 14y agoPeople move around Europe without changing their last names.