Whats my name?

               There is a movement recently for women that marry to not take their husband's last name. This is not an entirely new concept at all.  I was listening to a radio program recently and the host was making the argument that it really doesn't matter if the bride takes the grooms name.  The main points of her argument  were: one she felt that she should not lose her individual identity just because she got married and second that she also wanted to honor her side of the family when or if there were children as a result of the marriage.  I'm certainly all for people having the right to choose whatever they want for their name.  Where I find fault in her argument is the logic of it.

                The first logical fallacy is that she somehow would lose her individual identity by taking her husband's last name.  Does she not know that her maiden name is the same as her father's not her mothers.  Further more, is is most likely her great great grandfather's and beyond last name as well. So she is still leaving out all of the maternal representation anyway.
                The second fault in the logic in my opinion is where does all of the hyphenation end with regard to the children.  After just a few generations peoples last names would have several hyphenations, that is down right silly to me and frankly becomes useless at that point.