Giving Your Children Unique Last Names?

[Amid Cent]

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Am I the only one who would want my children to keep my last name because I'm proud of it, proud of my ancestors, and proud of my heritage? My last name has history, an invented one wouldn't.

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I totaly agree with you. Mainly because I'm the last in my family line with our last name. When I married my wife, I told her I didn't care if she changed her name, but our kids we getting my last name (no hyphenated crap). Luckily, my first child was a boy, so he can carry on the name.

Funny side story, my wife has this step sister. Her dad (the step) left the family when she was young so when she turned 18 she changed her name to her mother's maiden name. Then she grew up to be a lesbian and married another woman. Changed her name again to some weird last name on her new wife's side of the family. Divorced a year later and now has a new last name (I think she picked it at random this time). Four different last names in 15 years. Sheesh.