Husband taking wife surname

CHamb81823@aol.com wrote:

Another question? I have a situation where the children take the mothers
maiden name. What is up with that?
                                  Christi

Hi Christi,
there's only one situation I know where this is usual: if the birth of the
child was illegitimate.
Best regards
Detlev

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