tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post8987218766580008540..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Blended Families, Blended Names - Good or Bad Idea?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-8638257218183317742013-10-24T10:22:55.540-04:002013-10-24T10:22:55.540-04:00My kids hate our last name (Hedgecock), mostly due...My kids hate our last name (Hedgecock), mostly due to the last four letters. I keep telling them that there is a long, proud tradition behind that name. <br /><br />The genealogist in me says Nooooooo. <br /><br />Laura Hedgecock <br />http://www.TreasureChestofMemories.com L. Hedgecockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16598322213655779747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-70269838048957895822013-10-23T15:31:24.676-04:002013-10-23T15:31:24.676-04:00What do women with a hyphenated surname do when th...What do women with a hyphenated surname do when they get married? Mary Adams-Brown marries Tom Green and becomes Mary Adams-Brown-Green?!The Grandmother Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001005292502504358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-44258598237075724782013-10-23T11:33:25.023-04:002013-10-23T11:33:25.023-04:00I have knowledge of quite a few 'made-up' ...I have knowledge of quite a few 'made-up' surnames from the 1960s onwards... I don't see it as dishonouring our ancestors, actually, but as their way of honouring their own new lives with their children. And they had to do some fancy work leaving paper trails as well, so I think their 4th greatgrandchildren will likely figure this whole thing out. They would have been married - if Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-79435271012163707702013-10-23T09:41:05.847-04:002013-10-23T09:41:05.847-04:00Adoptions (either by strangers or second husbands)...Adoptions (either by strangers or second husbands) also change surnames, and obscure the actual parentage. And many immigrants "adjusted" their names. But we live for the challenges in genealogy - don't we? One of my surprise discoveries was a divorced wife who took her 2 children from Ohio to California, and dropped 1 letter from their surname.bgwiehlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904956507742860598noreply@blogger.com