On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Maximilian Wilson wrote: > On 1/23/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > > > Note; Lanya e'Kieron herself was a female, and the "founder" of the > > e'Lanya line. Hence, her descendants used their mother's name, rather than > > their father's. > > > > [blinks] Somehow, I wasn't aware of that. Me neither. Wonder if there's any evidence. I would have guessed that one decided one's line based on one's own character and relationship to both parents in cases of mixed lineage.