I totally agree on hyphenated BS !
Let's say Louis Johnson- Smith marries a Hispanic girl named Maria Alverez-Figueroa
Ok then you conceive say a son, and agree on the name Juan, or Steven or whatever
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What is the last name, you can't have 4 freaking last names !
Steven or Juan Alverez-Figueroa-Johnson-Smith ?
That's just wrong !
well you can solve that by doing what we do in CR, the kid takes the first last name of each parent, so you would get Steve or Juan Johnson Alverez; in CR dad's first last name goes first and is the one passed on to the next gen, I believe that in Brazil is the mother's last name the one passed