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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, Kensington Albertson wrote:

> Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 21:16:09 -0700
> From: Kensington Albertson <kensi...@earthling.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.romance, alt.wedding, soc.couples,
>     soc.couples.intercultural, alt.romance.chat, soc.couples.wedding,
>     soc.men, soc.women
> Subject: Wife's first name same as husband's last name?
>
> Many common first names in the United States and other English-speaking
> countries are also common last names.  Although the majority of these
> names are masculine first names (i.e. Thomas, Martin, Albert, etc.),
> some of them are feminine first names.  Examples of common female first
> names that are also last names are Kelly, Allison, Tracy, Shirley, and
> Ashley.
>
> Has anyone ever heard of a situation where a woman marries a man whose
> last name is the same as her first name?  If she does, then the first
> and last parts of her married name will be the same.  Presenting a
> hypothe- tical example, if the U.S. First Lady divorces the U.S.
> President and then remarries the first man to climb Mount Everest, her
> new name would be Hillary Hillary.
>
> Kensington Albertson
>
>
I had an Art Teacher in high school named Elston Elston... she had been married,
but I don't know how she handled her name. Interesting point, but imagine if the
woman had been born in France where they use to force you to pick an approved
name.

Gary