2007-12-14 05:33:09 · 8 answers · asked by 4evaluvmuzic 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Traditionally its a Hispanic cultural thing. Children get part of each parents name.i cant remember specifically how it works, but a friend of mines last name is Cancel-Diaz. one name is her fathers one is her mothers. when she gets married i believe she keeps her fathers Cancel part and then adds her husbands name.
outside of culture, maybe someone wants to honor their family name expecially if its a prominent family, like John Kerry's wife, she's Heinz-Kerry because obviously being the super rich Heinz ketchup blood line she wanted tok eep that association.
2007-12-14 06:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe their parents weren't married. Or that the mom was the only girl left in the family to pass on the sir name
2007-12-14 05:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by De 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the wife doesn't want to give up her last name, so they combine them.
And in other cultures, it's commonplace to have two last names.
2007-12-14 05:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by not too creative 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can only have your father's last name, mother's last name, or both.
2007-12-14 06:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by Merrick Baliton 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in most hispanic cultures, children carry their father's and their mother's last name. its common
2007-12-14 05:52:40 · answer #5 · answered by gisellerys 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would assume the mother and father were not married
2007-12-14 07:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a woman lib thing or identity crisis usually after they marry somebody ,then they compound their last names.very confusing.....
2007-12-14 05:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by rogue 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question - it always seemed pretentious to me.
2007-12-14 05:37:42 · answer #8 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋