Re: Why would a husband take his wife's surname? #lithuania #unitedkingdom #general


Herman Salmenson
 

I believe that when a man married into a prominent family for example a famous rabbinical family, the husband if he was a rabbi, would take on the father-in-laws surname so that he could continue the dynasty.
Herman Salmenson

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