Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> The way it was explained to me how surnames go in India
> (and you can correct me if I'm wrong) is that your
> surname is your father's given name.
>
This is the way arabs names are formed. If
I were arab, my name would be ...
Alberto Carlos Alberto el-Rio de Janeiro
... something like <first name> <father's 1st name>
<grandfather's 1st name> el-<city where I was born>
> In the US, your surname is your father's surname.
>
Yes, in English speaking countries you don't inherit
any surname from the mother side.
In Spanish or Portuguese speaking contries, you get
both the father family name and the mother family
name [or even a "composed family name"]. But Spanish
names place the father's surname first.
The only illogical part of this name system is that
the mother's surname comes from the mother's father,
instead of the mt-DNA's mother's mother.
If I were the Evil Overlord of the world, I would
force everybody to change the surnames to a logical
system: ...
<given name(s)> <mt-DNA surname(s)>
[<honorific surname>] <chromosome Y's surname(s)>
Where <given name(s)> are the first name, optionally
followed by father's and grandfather's name;
and the optional <honorific surname> would point that
this name has been used instead of the Y-surname
for some time [example: if there was adoption]
Alberto Monteiro
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