Matriname

A <a href="/facts/Matrilineality/RFgpp4Bg">matrilineal</a> surname or matriname is a <a href="/facts/Surname/gca0qxem">family name</a> inherited from one's mother, and maternal grandmother, and so on whose <a href="/facts/Kinship/grXkJ2u7">line of descent</a> is called a mother-line, mitochondrial line, or matriline. A matriname passed on to subsequent issue is unchanged, as compared to a <a href="/facts/Matronymic/QH3wpPlI">matronymic</a>, which is derived from the first name of each new mother.
The term "matriname" was introduced by Prof. <a href="/facts/Bryan_Sykes/NvH4n4CM">Bryan Sykes</a> in his book <a href="/facts/The_Seven_Daughters_of_Eve/q2VIhqEu">The Seven Daughters of Eve</a>, stating that "We would then all have three names: a first name, a surname and a new one, a matriname perhaps."
The mitochondrial DNA (<a href="/facts/MtDNA/goC0ex0X">mtDNA</a>) is inherited by biological motherhood whereas the matriname can be equally given after adoption or surrogacy.

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Matriname