names/ nombres

In light of having nothing to do here until I start school, I'll share what I learned about the complex system of Spanish naming that no American can ever seem to figure out (including myself):
When married, the mother does not lose her last name. Nothing changes. When she and her husband have children, they just give BOTH their names to the children, and the names of ancestors' last names are added on. This means that the children can have an infinite number of names, all the way back to Adam and Eve. But in reality, names are forgotten over time- so on average they keep a modest 8. For example, my mother's name would be Leanne Wiggin Brewer Gould Moore Turner Lybeck. She has more ancestors, but they have been forgotten by now. When in public, she is only known by the first two: Leanne Wiggin. (There are also no middle names). When she has a child (me for example), I am Simon Jerome (from my father) Wiggin (from my mother) Brewer plus the last name of my father's mother and so on (I don't know all the names). But I am only known as Simon Jerome in public (the first two). Andrew would be Andrew Jerome Wiggin... and Becca as Rebecca Jerome Wiggin... But they would be known as Andrew and Rebecca Jerome, the first two.
But I found something more interesting! One can change the order of the last names, if one wishes. Let's say that my mother one day became famous. She is Leanne Wiggin. I want everyone to know that we are related, so I want to be known as Simon Wiggin. This can be legally changed from Simon Jerome, but there's a catch. All of my siblings have to agree to the change as well. This means that Andrew and Rebecca would have to agree to be called Wiggin as well. I asked my host father why, and he just said that if one has brothers, they must have the same last name.
Anyways, I'm going to go out and enjoy the Spanish air. ¡Adios!
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