My fiancé and I feel no connection to our last names. We're debating whether to create a new one when we marry.

• 02/12/2025, 6:09 AM
• businessinsider.com

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My great-grandfather, whose surname was Olynyk, came to the US via Ukraine sometime in his '20s. He was a man who could tell a story with fantastical exaggeration, so much so that he claimed that he changed our family surname from "Olynyk" to "Lane" due to his run from the law in Ukraine.