The Curious Case of iberian surnames custom

[Gredos]

[Rafael Passoni]

What is the difference between family name and father's surname?

[Peterski]

Spanish custom: Given Name + Father's Surname + Mother's Surname = the best system in Europe, I approve.

[Gallop]

And there are cases in families that at the popular level the sons and daughters are known and named by the second surname, that is, the maternal surname.

[gixajo]

Spanish custom: Given Name + Father's Surname + Mother's Surname = the best system in Europe, I approve.

The Spanish system is good to to be able to follow the paternal line (Ydna), but in my opinion, it is much more reliable to be able to follow the maternal line (a gap is more difficult due to infidelity, illegitimate children, etc ...).

So both the Spanish and Portuguese systems are valid in my opinion, each with its advantages.

Well, actually any system is valid,and nowadays that we have DNA tests, even more.

[gixajo]

Double.

[Peterski]

The Spanish system is good to to be able to follow the paternal line (Ydna), but in my opinion, it is much more reliable to be able to follow the maternal line (a gap is more difficult due to infidelity, illegitimate children, etc ...).

So both the Spanish and Portuguese systems are valid in my opinion, each with its advantages.

Well, actually any system is valid,and nowadays that we have DNA tests, even more.

I wasn't thinking about genealogy, but simply in my opinion double-barrelled surnames are cool.

[Tenma de Pegasus]

I think I did not understood

Only the Iberian World use both mother and fathers surnames? Its so good, I thought all the western/christian/romance world was like that...

[Tannhauser]

What is the difference between family name and father's surname?

None, just hide the non-progressive(patriarchal) they are.

[Gredos]

The Spanish system is good to to be able to follow the paternal line (Ydna), but in my opinion, it is much more reliable to be able to follow the maternal line (a gap is more difficult due to infidelity, illegitimate children, etc ...).

So both the Spanish and Portuguese systems are valid in my opinion, each with its advantages.

Well, actually any system is valid,and nowadays that we have DNA tests, even more.

Although the Portuguese order is first the mother, they inherit the second, that is, from the father, therefore the line is also paternal.

Currently in Spain, which inherits the first surname, it is possible to choose the order, therefore some lines will be maternal. although the majority still choose the father's.