>>>>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
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>>Yeah, I wonder how people with the last name starting with Fitz explain this to their children.
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>>On the other hand, Ella Fitzgerald wasn't anybody's son. ;)
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>Did you hear about the gay Irish couple? Morris Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzmorris.

I was gonna crack that one earlier, but I thought in this PC world I might offend someone. :-)

Of course there was the gay cowboy who rode into town and shot up the sherrif.