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Stu Spelling Bee

Have you had a female relative whose maiden and married surnames were the same?

It is rare, but it can happen when cousins marry. My great aunt, Lillian Daffner, married her cousin, Ruben Daffner. A more famous example was Eleanor Roosevelt marrying her cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

A woman choosing to keep her maiden name doesn't count for this question.

Posted - July 29, 2020
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  • 8214

    In my family history, we do have that happening long ago, with cousins, not in our direct line. 

      July 29, 2020 9:51 AM MDT
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  • 34283
    No.  But I did have a Grandma whose married name was almost the same as her maiden. All she had to do was drop the last letter of her maiden name to get to her married name.  That I bet was harder to get used to writing than just having a whole new last name. 
      July 29, 2020 9:56 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    :) :)!!
      July 29, 2020 10:05 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Not exactly but almost!

    Change the only vowel in the middle from an "o" to a "u" and TA-DAAA!!

    It made it really easy for monogrammed towels!!

    ;) :) 
      July 29, 2020 10:08 AM MDT
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  • 11005
    Not a relative but a friend whose married name and maiden name were both 'Allen'.
      July 29, 2020 11:15 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    My screen must be dirty because the name, "Allen," looked like, "Alien!"
    I was thinking, WOW!!  What are the chances?

    THAT would be an amazing similarity!!

    Allen is cool, too. 
    Not a relation to Tim Allen, I presume... 
    Or are they??
    ;) :) This post was edited by Merlin at July 29, 2020 3:35 PM MDT
      July 29, 2020 11:26 AM MDT
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  • 17596
    Not relative, but friend.  She and her husband are second cousins.  They chose to not have children but we now know that first cousins are not a highly dangerous combo.  There is about a 6% chance of congenital issues where others are about 3%.    First cousin marriages are legal in about half of the states.    https://www.thespruce.com/cousin-marriage-laws-listed-by-state-2300731 This post was edited by Thriftymaid at July 29, 2020 4:18 PM MDT
      July 29, 2020 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    The Daffners I mentioned were first cousins who married in New York state in the 1920s. Their two sons turned out OK, although the eldest is 93 and has dementia, but that's not uncommon.
      July 29, 2020 4:21 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I heard the inbreeding jokes about Appalachia my whole life.  That article I cited indicates West Virginia doesn't allow first cousin marriages.  I was a little surprised.  Maybe all those jokes weren't warranted.  :)
      July 29, 2020 8:27 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      When the surname is merely the letter D, that’s not likely to occur. We’re safe over here. 

    ~

      July 29, 2020 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    If my mother had married her last bf before she got together with my father, she would have done. And they weren't related, her maiden surname was a relatively common one.
    Ours is unusual in Australia. It's common in France, Quebec and parts of New Hampshire, but not here.
      July 29, 2020 3:42 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Pierre Hampshire!

      François Montreal!

      Jean-Luc-Claude-Henri Nice!

      Alain Du Champagne!

      Armand Dumas-Downundersque!

      Pepe Toussaint!


    (At least one of those has to be right; what do I win?)

    ~


      July 29, 2020 4:29 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    You batted zero (almost got one right, but the addition killed you). And no, I'm not telling you which one - people pronounce the silent letter and it gets embarrassing.
    My first name isn't the slightest bit French, just the surname. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at July 29, 2020 5:08 PM MDT
      July 29, 2020 4:43 PM MDT
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