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Surname succession is mainly patrilineal in many countries, which seems a bit unfair.
Idea: when a child is to be named, take alternate letters from each parent's surname, and rearrange to form a new surname.
This will serve to remind them that just as their name is a combination of their parents',
so also are their genes.
Mr Jones and Ms Smith might therefore beget a Ms Tome; Mrs Bloggs and Mr Public might have a Mr Bob-pig.
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Welcome to the Halfbakery, [Marnir]. |
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This would certainly change courtship. Instead of wondering what your children would look like, you'd run the names of potential mates through anagram generators. |
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You've already passed the first test, which is
correct grammar, punctuation and capitalization. |
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In fact, in my personal experience, if you get
those things right you can get away with pretty
much any old bollocks here. |
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As to the idea - I like the fact that it mimics
chromosomal recombination and segregation. |
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