Article: History gives men name advantage.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)

Byline: J. Hope Babowice

You wanted to know

Erika Teitz, 13, of Green Oaks wanted to know:

Why do children get the father's last name instead of the mother's last name?

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"Why do children get the father's last name instead of the mother's last name?" asked Erika Teitz, 13, a soon-to-be-eighth- grader at Oak Grove School in Green Oaks.

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