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minus-squarewtypstanaccount04 [he/him]hexagonhexbear24·2 years agoIIRC this was partially an ellis island thing: immigrants had no last names so they would just say who their dads were link
minus-squareBarabas [he/him]hexbear29·edit-22 years agoPatronyms were fairly common all over Europe at the time. It was around the 1600s that names started being inherited among non-nobles. Usually either a patronym or an occupation name otherwise. link
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]hexbear20·2 years agoOh wow that's actually interesting link
minus-squareDonaldJBrandon [none/use name]hexbear19·edit-22 years agoBut it's also true of Scandinavians. For example Kevin Magnusson, son of magnus I guess link
IIRC this was partially an ellis island thing: immigrants had no last names so they would just say who their dads were
Patronyms were fairly common all over Europe at the time. It was around the 1600s that names started being inherited among non-nobles. Usually either a patronym or an occupation name otherwise.
Oh wow that's actually interesting
But it's also true of Scandinavians. For example Kevin Magnusson, son of magnus I guess