Genetics versus Mankind
edited to remove post..... This forum is not good enough for my posts.
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The last paragraph has no connection whatsoever to the rest of the post. The fact that a male surname dies out due to the birth of all daughters doesn't mean that the male lineage vanishes from your...
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VX has always breezily declared that her opinions are worthless. This is normal.
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Well, I think this is an interesting topic, anyway, and I thank VX for bringing it up. My take on this is that it's just probability. In other words, in a long enough period of time, pretty much...
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charvakan wrote:I read somewhere that eventually, if nothing else occurs (like people making up surnames for themselves, as Scandinavians have recently taken to doing), everyone in the world will end...
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In Korea, it's already the case that only a few surnames exist.
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On the other hand, in some countries at least, as a result of misspellings or deliberate name changes new surnames may appear too.
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In Iceland, if the father's first name is Frederick and he has a son(s) his son(s) last name is/are Frederickson; if he has a daughter, her last name is Fredericksdotir, or (Fredericksdaughter)
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LiberalNut wrote:What happens when Frederickson has a son?Father's first name-son. It's a straight patronymic. It's illegal in Iceland to have a last name, unless you acquired it before the law went...
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How interesting. I was unaware that patronyms were still in use, let alone legally enforced.
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