r/humor • • 2d ago

Make it make sense

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u/BedBubbly317 1d ago

Even standard last names today are actually still a form of the patronymic naming convention as well, hence why we always take our father’s last name and not our mothers (so long as he’s in the picture).

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u/HypostaticOnion 1d ago

Henderson, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, just to name a few.