> Daniel Carrera wrote: > > > Daniel Carrera wrote: > > > > > >> * My dad's mom's mom's surname is Perez > >> * My mom's mom's mom's surname is Marchan > >> * I am Daniel Carrera Yanes Pedroza Puigbo Perez Marchan [....] > > You get it. > > > > Cheers, > > Daniel. > > > > > So is the Spanish naming system patrilineal or matrilineal? I mean it > looks like both but would you normally end with the father's surname > or the mother's? > > FWIW, I've always thought that matrilineal made more sense. After all, > it's generally pretty obvious who the mother is but as to the > father...? > > Rod > I agree with you about certainly knowing who the mother is. Knowing the father was difficult in some areas long time ago.
FWIIW, far back on my father's side there were a few like that but only for women Anna's dotter, Katrine's dotter. One bad case was Hans Jepsen, Jep Hansen, Hans Jepsen, and Jep Hansen. Some people have the middle name of their mother's or mother's mother's surname. Such as Kale Thorpe Henderson, where, Thorpe is the matrilineal. I think that I have seen some spanish names that use the 'of' such as French and Italian and Germany have, de, dala, von. Is this correct? Chris
