>>Preceded by the grandparents's names preceded by the great grandparents' names preceded by ...
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>>Of course, that's how a lot of surnames are formed. Ben (son of) etc.
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>As you know, Ben is the Hebrew version. Mac/Mc and O' are similar. Fitz is illegitimate son of. And, of course, we have names like Robertson, Smithson, Johnson, ...
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>Tamar

Yeah, I wonder how people with the last name starting with Fitz explain this to their children.

On the other hand, Ella Fitzgerald wasn't anybody's son. ;)