Why do married women take their husband’s last name?
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The family unit is, historically, an important legal and social entity. So it has been quite necessary to know to which family people belong and the surname is what many people have used to identity their family.
All children are considered to be part of the family to which they are born. When boys become men, they are then considered to start their own branch of the family, while women remain part of their father’s family until they marry, at which point they are now considered to be part of the husband’s family, and therefore take the surname that indicates that.
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