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Yes I have kids and am a parent | 11 | 35.48% | |
No, I do not have kids but I'd like to have some and be a parent in the future | 9 | 29.03% | |
No, I do not have kids and never want kids. No plans to ever be a parent | 11 | 35.48% | |
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01-09-2018, 02:50 PM | #181 |
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There shouldn't be any debates. Big G just needs to step in and make it happen.
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01-09-2018, 02:52 PM | #182 |
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01-09-2018, 02:56 PM | #183 | |
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I think, I don't need to state how absurd both of those points are. |
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01-09-2018, 08:21 PM | #184 |
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Guess we've done our part then. I am an only child and Mr D's brother has no children, so ours is the only child of either of our family lines. But she was adopted by others so she doesn't have our family name. I don't consider that of great importance, though I did choose to give her a name that reflects our Irish heritage as a reminder of where she came from, should she ever want to know.
Personally, I've always felt that many people put far too much meaning on a family name, when often historically the child did not even carry the "father's" blood. Matrilenial lines are the only certain ones, yet legal standing is generally based on the patrilenial side. Makes no sense to me.
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01-10-2018, 03:32 AM | #185 | |
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Also, I agree - the fact that most societies care about preserving only father's name is idiotic. |
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01-10-2018, 06:04 AM | #186 |
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Many people have the same or similar last names that aren't related too. I just typed in my last name to google and found like 10 other people in the U.S. alone with it who aren't related to me or my family. And my last name isn't common.
You type in some spanish name like, "Gonzales" in google, you'll get 10,000 results. |
01-10-2018, 11:23 AM | #187 | |
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Regardless of last names, we are all related.
Inbreeding was essential and inevitable for humans to survive and keep the population from dwindling. No matter what people's beliefs on the origins of life were, all mostly agreed on this. Fun Fact: It has been estimated that historically, 80% of marriages have been between second cousins or closer. Today, atleast 10% of marriages are like that.
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01-10-2018, 11:38 AM | #188 | |
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01-10-2018, 11:51 AM | #189 | ||
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The book referenced at the end of that article is really great.
"Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage" (goodreads)
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01-10-2018, 12:40 PM | #190 | |
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I live in New York with 8 million people. I find it hard to believe most of these 8 million people have any relation to me or my distant relatives. |
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01-10-2018, 03:09 PM | #191 | ||
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So no, just because your surname or one of your surnames is Gonzalez, Johnson, Fernandes, wtv. doesn't mean you're related to someone bearing that/those names at all. Also, a lot of last names are also related to jobs/professions Miller for example. And Miller can be translated into many different languages. Müller in German. Ferreira in Portuguese. Herrera in Spanish. I assume Ferrara in Italian? And ofc, names of certain "nationalities" spread to other countries often. I know people who have names of French, Spanish and Italian origin, but are as Portuguese as I am, and have no foreign relatives up to their great parents generation. Quote:
And who cares if the guy walking past you on the street tomorrow is a long distance relative of yours? Most people don't really consider distant relatives as family. Notice how tons of people only met a distant cousin or two once or twice in their lives? As for cousin marriage, in some European countries that is still legal. And it's also legal in Japan, I believe. But that being said, I don't know anyone that has married their cousin. Clearly it's not a common practice these days. |
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