At 09:58 07-10-2002 -0500, 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. > >In the US, your surname is your father's surname.
Until recently, in The Netherlands a child would always get its father's surname. Nowadays, however, parents can choose whether Junior gets the mother's or the father's surname. If the parents have no preference, Junior gets his father's surname. Jeroen "Dutch Perspective" van Baardwijk __________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
