Question for the Icelandic-descended people on this board:
With of the patronymic/matronymic system of naming that has traditionally been used, how is this likely to change with gay marriage? Rather than simply taking the father's name and adding 'son' or 'dottir' on the end, would a gay or lesbian couple who adopted a child need to pick one of the parents?
Like, let's say Johanna Sigurdardottir and Jonina Leosdottir adopted a girl. Would the girl's last name be Johannadottir, Joninadottir, or JoninaJohannadottir or something like that? Or would they opt to break with the patronymic/matronymic naming pattern at that point and give her an entirely different surname? In most western nations, it's easy enough for a gay couple to simply combine the parents' surnames in a new compound last name, but in Iceland I imagine it must be more complex.
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