Her daughter, Wani Thelusmon Coriolan, said in Haiti children bear only their father's surname, but her mother insisted on keeping her maiden name and making sure her two children shared it, too.

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Luckily, I managed to show my passport without showing my name as I held my thumb over my surname, and they didn't twig who I was.

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When a user types in a keyword, such as a surname or a place name, Mocavo searches genealogy Web forums, websites and old discussion threads that rarely pop up in regular searches but can be useful for genealogists looking for clues.

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Are the privileged Mandelas - however much one respects the name and the legacy, and sympathises with the burden such a surname must sometimes be - best placed to champion the middle classes?

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Foul-mouthed Scottish PR machine Malcolm Tucker was joined by new colleague Jamie, whose surname was suppressed in the name of public decency after he brutally insulted an underling - and computer firm Apple - with an expletive-laden rant.

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