The Family Name

Former Member

Has anyone (I expect it's the boys) got the task of continuing the family name on their shoulders?

Me & 1 cousins have that task .. all the rest are girls or male cousins to my dad's sisters.

Anyone long line family name coming to an end?

Former Member

Me and my brother are the last ones who can keep the family name alive, as my father is the only one in his family to have children.

Former Member

My brother is the one who will keep the family name.

Former Member

My brother.

But there are hundreds of boy cousins, and it's a very common name so I'm not too worried.

Former Member

Is it just me or does this strike anyone else as a strange idea? It's always struck me that way, who cares if your name dies out?! Odd.

Former Member

Think mine's coming to an end, as it's all girls unless my uncle decided to have another kid and it was a boy or he got married.
It's not really seen as a task, no one's ever mentioned in my family that it's going to happen.
My granma's maiden name however is widely spread throughout the family. My granma came from a very large family. But she only had 2 kids, which were my mum and uncle. My mum and uncle have only had one child each.

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my birth surname is quite unusual. chances are if there is anyone else with the same surname, they're somehow related to me.

when i was around 6 my parents had my surname (and theirs and my sisters) changed to what it is now. one of my sisters and my dad then changed theirs back and me, my other sister and my mum kept the one we had it changed to. my mum then got re-married and took her new husbands name and 3 years ago my sister who kept the changed surname got married and took her husbands name.

so now i'm the only one left with my surname - however it doesn't have any ties to the family or anything. i just think it'll be a bit sad.

Former Member

think im the only male left with my surname in the family, need to keep it going.

Former Member

My surname isn't going anywhere - my dad has enough family to keep it alive, even if me and my sister wont carry it on.

My mum's family name will die out with her generation though, as my uncle is unlikely to ever have (or want) children. My nan's family name (my mum's mum) will die out with her mum, (my great nan) as all her children are now using their married names.

Former Member

my dads an only child do that means theres only my brother to carry on our name. theres plenty to carry on my mums maiden name coz she has four brothers and 11 of my cousins are male.

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Me and one cousin have to carry on our surname (in the world it seems). I need to find a girl to fuck first though.

Skive

DiamondGeezer wrote:

Has anyone (I expect it's the boys) got the task of continuing the family name on their shoulders?

I have.

Former Member

i`m an only child, when i go/get married, the name goes

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Miffy wrote:

Is it just me or does this strike anyone else as a strange idea? It's always struck me that way, who cares if your name dies out?! Odd.

Family pride? Keeping the name all of the members of your past family have lived with? but i do agree with you - it is, after all, merely a name, but I like my family name and i do admit to a certain degree of pride. :rolleyes:

Former Member

Miffy wrote:

Is it just me or does this strike anyone else as a strange idea? It's always struck me that way, who cares if your name dies out?! Odd.

Maybe more strange for a girl cos most probably dream of getting married and taking on their hubby's name

Depends also if you like your name and if it has any history to it.

Ours has a family crest and everything..

Former Member

My mum's family name is dying out, and we tease my uncle that he has to keep sprogging until he has a boy, but nobody really cares.

As for my name, there's loads of us, and my cousin's got a boy so the name's safe for a while yet.

Former Member

DiamondGeezer wrote:

most probably dream of getting married and taking on their hubby's name

lol where did you get that from Diamond?

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VinylVicky wrote:

lol where did you get that from Diamond?

Yeah Yeah, just you wait until you find the right fella and you'll be all doey eyed and everything .. :thumb:

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DiamondGeezer wrote:

Yeah Yeah, just you wait until you find the right fella and you'll be all doey eyed and everything .. :thumb:

oh so you mean once we have a partner to marry....I may agree there but it's not something I dream about, especially when single.

Former Member

My boyfriend and his dad both only have sisters, so it is now my boyfriends task of continuing the family name, as it is quite unusual. Whereas for me, my surname is relativley common, not on a par with Jones/Smith/Davies...but common none the less, which is a good job as my dad only has me

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I can't wait to get rid of my surname, it's nothing but hassle.

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I quite like my surname, its pretty rare. I think my brother wil have kids so the name will live on, but then I want to keep my surname when I get married so it will sort of live on through my kids.

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There are only 5 of us in the country, my parents, 1 grandparent, my sister and I. My sister is gay and doesn't want kids, so I guess its all up to me

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I think only my brother is left to pass it on, and I hope he dosent marry his pig-like girlfriend :grump:

Indrid Cold

My grandpa's name is going, as he only had daughters. Mine has many others apart from me, so I'm not worried about it.

When I was little, I used to feel so guilty that my mum was a girl and my grandpa's name has to end... hehe!

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Nah, I have a brother, my granny had 5 boys and they all have boy children too so don't see it running out soon.

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My half-sister got married and lost her family name.

But happily, she divorced the bastard and brought it back to life again :thumb:

Former Member

For some reason I don't think O'Neill will die out any time soon .

Having said that, it's a fairly old tradition for the first born son to be called Daniel, so I might call my first son that, after my dad, my grandfather, my great-grandfather, my great-great-grandfather... you get the idea . It's a nice name, and it's nice to have a bit of history behind it too. My eldest brother is called Daniel, but his eldest son is *not* called Daniel, so it falls to me. Well it doesn't, I just like the idea of naming my lad after his uncle / granddad / bit of family heritage there.

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My family name hasn't a hope in hell of dying out. My boyfriend's family name is very, er, unique so I know he is very keen to sustain it. He does have three brothers though - some of whom already have kids - so it's not a worry or anything like that.

Former Member

Ooh this hasn't even occurred to me. My mum's surname is gonna die out I guess.

But whatever happened to keeping your surname when you get married eh??

Former Member

Skive wrote:

I have.

Me too.