If you are Roberto Gomez and your wife is María Sanchez the last name of the
children would NOT be Gomez-Sanchez, but Gomez Sanchez - no hypen. The
grandchildren's name woud depend on who your children marry.
Example: Daughter Ana Gomez Sanchez marries Miguel Garcia Torres, and they
have a daughter Inés. She would be Inés García Gomez. Sanchez and Torres are
gone forever. (Researchers of Portuguese ancestors beware: the
paternal-maternal order is reversed.)
Well actually, a maternal surname could endure through generations with that
hyphen, but that is rare nowadays. My wife's ancestors used it out of
snobbery. They were called Vazquez de Parga (the one surviving paternal
surname) and were descended from the Saavedras, the most powerful family in
Lugo, Galicia, from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. (BTW, it was
exciting, in researching my wife's family history to discover a tombstone
near Vilalba for the Saavedras which the local priest said dated from the
11th century.) So for several generations they called themselves Vazquez de
Parga-Saavedra, to let everyone know how important were their roots. In some
cases legal registers went went along with this pomposity, until in the
early 19th century my wife's great-great-great grandfather eventually shed
the hyphen in naming his own children. I kept the hyphenated names out of my
Legacy data base but explained their usage in individual notes.
Leroy
From: "Sharon Perdue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Married Names
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:28:50 -0400
Reply-To: [email protected]
What are the last names of the children's children? Let's say you are
Roberto Gomez and your wife is Maria Sanchez. The last name of your
children would be Gomez-Sanchez. What would their children's last names be?
There could be some very long names eventually
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