How to word Swedish names

[dianedassow]

I'm entering a Swedish family in Reunion, and am not sure how to correctly show the names. For example, I have a person whose name is: Charlotta Lotta Johansdotter (Storm). Her father was listed as: Johannes (Magnuson) Storm and, of course, he was the son of someone named Magnus. Each person has a family name as well as a relational name. Which one should be entered in the Last Name field, and what should I do with the other one?
Thanks so much!

[AE Palmer]

I'm entering a Swedish family in Reunion, and am not sure how to correctly show the names. For example, I have a person whose name is: Charlotta Lotta Johansdotter (Storm). Her father was listed as: Johannes (Magnuson) Storm and, of course, he was the son of someone named Magnus. Each person has a family name as well as a relational name. Which one should be entered in the Last Name field, and what should I do with the other one?
Thanks so much!

Your description sounds like a typical patronymic naming system. I have a similar situation in my Dutch lineage. Assuming the name(s) you list within the parens are the true family name for each person, you should use that name as LAST NAME. Just because we are accustomed to seeing the last name carried over by generation is not a reason to bowdlerize traditions other than our own.

Note: For those who are unfamiliar with patronymic naming systems, they usually provide clues for missing relatives due to well-established naming systems!

[ttl]

I don't know if this is the definitive way, but it's the way I do it.

Early 1900's and further back in time, I use the patronymic as the last name. More recent than that, when family names become common practice, I use that as the last name, given that's what the individual used. In this latter case, I don't include the patronymic because it is easily derived if it is needed for any particular reason (and I haven't ever needed one).

Edit: Referring to Arnold's post, if you have a treetop person with a patronymic, I'd agree that it would be a good thing to preserve it somehow.

[fmlyhntr]

I have Danish ancestors--so my answer is, it really depends. If the "surname" survives several generations, I do use it--with the patrynymic in the given name (if I use it). If the patrynymic is what is used in later records, I use that as the "surname" instead. Then there are those areas of Denmark that stopped using the patrynymic system before the rest of the country...And the families that moved from an area not using them to an area still using them.

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