The father's first name becomes the childrens' last name. So for example, my dad's name is Tekletsion Tewolde Berhan, so by the Ethiopian way my last name should be Tekletsion. But my mom is American and she preferred doing it the standard Western way with us taking the father's last name, so that's how we did it. Which worked better in the long run I guess, cuz I don't have to constantly hear people butcher my last name the way they do with my father's first name.

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"And do you know why I think he (George W. Bush)
is so pissed off at Arabs? They invented algebra."

- Kurt Vonnegut