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Titel: Were out of wedlock births encouraged in the 1840's in Sweden ?.
Skrivet av: Charles LaVine skrivet 2002-04-15, 20:17
Kristina et al: Unless I am wrong and in such case please correct me, under the Swedish patronymic system - at least in the rural and so-called peasant classes (all of my Swedish ancestors), a wife did not adopt her husband's surname but kept her maiden name. Yes, she may be identified as the daughter of her father rather than the daughter of her mother but through out her life she was always dotter - until she and her husband emigrated to America.