Reply To: Kallah Taking Chosson’s Last Name Upon Marriage- Jewish or Gentile?

I forgot to add that sometimes a man took his wife’s first name and made it into a surname – Reina became Reines. This happened in our family over 200 years ago, although I don’t have that surname. But this was before surnames were legally required.

Wasn’t it a son taking his mother’s first name as his last name in these cases?