Wiki LNAB Naming Conventions

Question

I adopted this profile at one time to update the LNAB from married surname (Stratenus) to van Brakel.  My question is, due to Wiki LNAB naming conventions, should her LNAB be Brakel, and van_Brakel be listed as "Other Names?"

Answer 1

This is a Dutch profile, so Dutch naming conventions are used and van Brakel as LNAB is correct.

Actually women in the Netherlands keep their maiden name even when they marry, so her current last name should also be van Brakel, unless she emigrated to a country with different customs.

Comments

Thank you Joke, I have made the correction on the profile, and added the explanation in the Bio section.

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Thanks Joke! I just wanted to add that you can find links to various projects' "Name Field Guidelines" at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Name_Field_Guidelines