One word: Hispanics. A Hispanic child gets both a paternal and a maternal surname.
As an Anglophone or person of Germanic descent, instead of getting two surnames, you can have just one double-barreled surname. That's what the Germans do when they get married, but for them those are only "alliance names" (Allianznamen) and as such not heritable.
I suggest that when the couple has children, the children inherit the double-barreled surname, and that the specific sequence depend on the child's gender. When the child enters a different-sex marriage, the second element of their double-barreled surname would be replaced by their spouse's first element.
Do you think women should have to take their husband's last name?
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One word: Hispanics. A Hispanic child gets both a paternal and a maternal surname.
As an Anglophone or person of Germanic descent, instead of getting two surnames, you can have just one double-barreled surname. That's what the Germans do when they get married, but for them those are only "alliance names" (Allianznamen) and as such not heritable.
I suggest that when the couple has children, the children inherit the double-barreled surname, and that the specific sequence depend on the child's gender. When the child enters a different-sex marriage, the second element of their double-barreled surname would be replaced by their spouse's first element.