Amigos,
Those aren't "alternate" surnames. It's just that in Spain,
a complete name includes the names of both the father's and
mother's families. The system is well understood in Spain but
it sort of breaks down once you venture outside of the
peninsula or have to deal with modern business forms,
passports, etc.
So the name you see in parentheses is the rider's mother's
family name. Of course, you're going to say, "But the mother
has 2 family names. Why is there only once extra name?" Well,
what you typically see is the mother's father's surname. That
is, unless the mother's mother's family had greater "honor", in
which case you see those really long names like Federico Rafael
Rednor Habas y Sacerdote.
Hasta la vista,
Fred Rednor (we'll use the short version here) -
Arlington, Virigia, USA
> While we're on the topic of Spanish riders, can someone
> explain why Spanish
> names include alternate "last names"? For instance: Luis
> Ocaña (Pernia),
> Miguel Indurain (Larraya), José Maria Jimenez (Sastre). What
> are the rules
> structuring spanish names?
>
> Thanks!
> Aldo Ross (Wooljersey)
> Blue Ball, Ohio
>
>
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