2007-10-15 13:06:35 · 46 answers · asked by GaNdA T. R Viii 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
Thank you very much for the stars! I was surprised, too! I feel like a webstar! :)
2007-10-15 15:15:18 · update #1
as important as my Family. Pride and Love just like being a Filipino in the Philippines or even deeper/more.
2007-10-15 13:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by Rode|ette ۩ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My family name is unique, so I know I'm the only one in the world with my name. It gives me roots as well, since I know that anyone with the same last name as mine is a relative, no matter how distant.
My Great-Grandfather migrated from China, and changed his surname from Chan (Tan) to what it is now. My Chinese friend says that Immigrants usually do that when a life-changing event happens. It proves that my family has survived through all the hardships... so I can too.
2007-10-16 00:49:50 · answer #2 · answered by doktorangbaliw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's needed on practically every important form you ever have to fill out. Try getting a social security card without a last name. Same with a drivers license or a passport. Even Madonna or Prince have to have their "real" last names on legal documents.
Otherwise you'd be just another Tom ,Dick, or Harry.
2007-10-15 13:12:09 · answer #3 · answered by tonine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last names are used to identify people. they're important so you'll know who's talking about who. even from the old times, even if they don't have surnames but they have something to specify which person, like Jesus of Nazareth. maybe since there are only few people back then it's easy to associate names with places. now, we have double names which are the surnames, others have triple or more names with them to be more specific.
2007-10-15 16:56:56 · answer #4 · answered by bReAd-WiNnEr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shows where my dad came from. It sounds awesome.
Pham (Faam) It shows me who iam because in my school there is a girl with the same nname and her last name is the SAME exact thing but in herlast name it has a N instead of a M.
2007-10-15 13:11:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmmmm
I'm used to it
I don't know much of the genealogy of it, German (Biewald)
maybe great uncles being Nazi's or something
anyway there a priest a very long time ago with that last name
Mathias Biewald 1300 or so
2007-10-15 13:10:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats how they order you,my name is Allyson and I'm sure theres a million people in they world named Allyson,but not many named Allyson Girard.
It makes you special.
2007-10-15 13:10:04 · answer #7 · answered by onesupercutechick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not important. It is just somethhing that clasifys what family I belong to. It also divides people. Say if my family is known bad guys like say Hitler I am atomatically going to be asocatied with natzis.
2007-10-15 13:11:45 · answer #8 · answered by chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't. I legally changed my name ten years ago and have never wanted to go back. My last name tied me to a group which I no longer identified with, so I left it. It's a me thing.
2007-10-15 13:11:04 · answer #9 · answered by Jay R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wharever it is it is IMPORTANT. That is not to say we all like our last names - - - some would prefer to have last names like Cojuangco, Imperial, Zobel de Ayala, Onassis, Trump, etc.
Whether we like our last names or not, however, is beside the point when we talk of IMPORTANCE.
Our last names tell us about our lineage, our origins, our family tree. They also facilitate our inlusion in public records like our birth certificates, our SSS registration, our marriage certificates, voter's registration, passports, etc.
2007-10-15 16:05:15 · answer #10 · answered by Krsthaun 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋