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Patronyms

 As already previously suggested, a field for patronym should be included in the profile input fields.

In parts of Finland peiple had only patronyms to late 1800s. In some parts patronyms were used along with familynames. Actually there one one more name which was neither patronym nor familyname: housename.

But patronym is really needed. It is not a familyname, it is not a forname (christian name / given name). Eg. Matts Henrik Alarik Henriksson (patronym) Kutvonen (familyname)

Someone told that Russians use the middle name for patronynyms. Finns have middel names. Along witn patronyms. Using one field incorrectly is no excuse for  not correcting the problem.

Simply: where do I put the patronym? It really is neither forname nor familyname. And all of those are needed.

PS And how do I emphasize the name that actually was used? Eg. Jens ANTON Christian Christenssen.



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