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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Identified errors:

This is not correct for Romania: officially it’s Surname + Given-name, live in Hungary.

Not true for Greece, it’s just First-name + Surname. It just happens that some Surnames are derived from the father’s name (think “Anderson”).

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

it's funny Portugal and Spain are same-y but the other way around!

And I didn't know it was a thing in Greece to use the patronymic too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It isn't a thing, the map is wrong for Greece.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for clearing that up :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Greece et al.: Orthodox Church tradition maybe?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

oh right that makes sense