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I have been thinking allot about whats in a name. I have a four month old son and he of course carries on my last name. I watched a special on the discovery channel a while ago about tracing the human Genome. The show mostly focused on DNA passed down from mother to daughter. This made me wonder about my last name. How important is it to the world who my father is if the unbroken line of DNA goes back through the mothers side?
It seems like humanity has made a mistake as to which name should be dominant in our family tree.