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Published in The Great North Arrow, August 2019: My Family Name

- jim Young
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;” - William Shakespeare
Last month I touched on the importance of my family name.
Family names are an interesting topic.
In Canada and most Western cultures, children typically take on the father’s family name. Of late however, it has become more common for a child to take on a mother’s family name, particularly if she is a single mother or has chosen for whatever reason, not to adopt her husband’s family name.
In other cultures such as Cuba, children more often take on their mother’s family name. The Castro family however didn’t follow this rule or Fidel and Raúl Castro would have been known as Fidel and Raúl Ruz.
Our family name is often also referred to as our last name in Western cultures although in many parts of the world it is listed first, followed by given names.
Family names once described a man’s profession such as Baker or Smith (for a Blacksmith). Sometimes a person’s last …

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