Our parents are called by the names of their parents same with us and our kids. Am wondering who will bear our own names.

I dont really understand ur point @OP.

If our kids dont bear our surname, whose would they bear?

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angel TI: I dont really understand ur point @OP.

If our kids dont bear our surname, whose would they bear?

Shouldn't it b our own names

alpha conde:

Shouldn't it b our own names

You are within your rights to do so


PEople have changed their own names and subsequently changed their children's names in the process

Yes,bearing ur own name is possible,just do it by urself.

My brothers and i bore our grand parents name i.e my father's surname, however when my dad died, we were still very young, 10, 8, 6yrs and 9months old, my mum changed our surname to my dad's firstname however she still bears my dad's surname till date but all our documents passports, sec school & uni documents reflect my father's first name as our surname.
so say i was Natasha Forum and my dad's name was Nairaland forum, My brothers and i now bear Natasha Nairaland whilst my mum still bears Mrs Forum.
Initially, my uncles and aunties kicked against it but today we are all grown and fairly okay, and though its over 20yrs since he died, his name is very much alive and his legacy lives on through us cos they now refer to us as ****'s children rather than .....

natasha: My brothers and i bore our grand parents name i.e my father's surname, however when my dad died, we were still very young, 10, 8, 6yrs and 9months old, my mum changed our surname to my dad's firstname however she still bears my dad's surname till date but all our documents passports, sec school & uni documents reflect my father's first name as our surname.
so say i was Natasha Forum and my dad's name was Nairaland forum, My brothers and i now bear Natasha Nairaland whilst my mum still bears Mrs Forum.
Initially, my uncles and aunties kicked against it but today we are all grown and fairly okay, and though its over 20yrs since he died, his name is very much alive and his legacy lives on through us cos they now refer to us as ****'s children rather than .....

Exactly what am saying.

its up to you.

some people drop their family surnames and take on different names, while others dont.

alpha conde:

Shouldn't it b our own names

the choice and decision are yours.

Dropped my dad's surname when i was in Nursery 2 or 3 and i bear his first name since then. And am d only one bearing his name. Its a matter of choice

Their choice ke!
Free world.