On 16 Oct 2002 at 18:15, Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-St wrote > Now that I think about it, it seems more likely that a Dragon chooses > his/her patronymic from their ancestors, given that Barritt was such a > big shot that his descendants started calling themselves e'Barritt > (although almost all of them were wiped out in one of the > Dragon-Jhereg wars, and this must have occurred long before Barritt > was assassinated). Rachel I seem to remember that one of the books did mention something about being able to chose which lineage became part of a person's name. I can't seem to remember which one though... And, being that I am at work, none of my books are within checking distance. Anyone willing to check for me? :-) M Michele Riccio mr1 at rcosta.com