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1. DavidV+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-10-09 21:24:36
It's already eroded in many countries right? Gendered patronymic names used to be common here in Sweden - Katarina Gustavsdotter (Vasa) was the daughter of Gusav Eriksson (Vasa), who was the son of Erik Johansson (Vasa), &c. - but gendered patronymic names eventually became permanent last names that got inherited over multiple generations.

So now we have a few hundred thousand people with the last name Andersson, despite most of them not being Anders's son.

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2. madcap+sf1[view] [source] 2025-10-10 12:12:59
>>DavidV+(OP)
English similarly has the name Anderson (and also Andrews).
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