Comment on I never realized this
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoOn Spain we have two last names, one for the father other for the mother.
And while before the father’s was always the first, since many years couples of newborn babies can choose the order of the surnames.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Is the latter your mother’s first or second last name?
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
First last name. Example:
Mother: Maria García Perez
Father: Juan Rodríguez Domínguez
Their kids can be named:
Adela García Rodríguez
or
Adela Rodríguez García
Ans once selected and order with the first kid all the kids from the same couple must follow the same order.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
So it’s the mother’s father’s name, or the names of both grandfathers. Still patrilineal
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I mean, if you go that way, when surnames where created in the middle ages it was the name of the man.
All spanish surnames ending in -ez mean “son of”. And it’s always male names.
But change has to start at some point.