I don't think anyone was criticizing or Americanizing the names. The original question asked if women typically changed their names. Most researchers try to make sense or apply a rule of some sort. It doesn't work that way with Portuguese names. People responded with a variety of examples from their family tree. It still goes back to "The rule is that there is no rule." There are only generalities. That is hard for a new researcher to get used to, as is the fact that many women didn't carry a surname. But no one posting to this thread was criticizing. They are just trying to understand the custom and make sense of it. Cheri
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