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Originally Posted by id10t
... in PR they use mothers maiden name as a "middle" name - so a friend of my wife is William Rodriguez Rodriguez... |
Also frequently done in Mexico.
My father was born here of Mexican parents. His name was Robert Jimenez Estrada. Intersting that it was NOT "Roberto"- I guess a 1923 era nod to trying to assimilate?, yet they used his mother's maiden name as a middle name. To do otherwise would have been insuliting to her family in thosedays...I think.