Surnames (General)

by Tanithv , Saturday, August 26, 2006, 10:43 (6665 days ago) @ bertha

Hi,
I thought I'd join in on this one, my family are from South Wales and it seems customary that the mothers maiden name is used as the first sons middle name, which certainly helps to trace the family! My grandfather Cyril Jones Thomas, mother was Jones.
Alternatively, if the name is likely to end (ie) no sons born - as is my case- this would mean the end of the Vaughan line here Bertha! Thankfully my sister in law - a vaughan - has given her son the middle name of vaughan.