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To: Political Junkie Too
Grandmother Mary Montano in whose house the incident takes place, mother Corrina Vargas, 26, son Carlos Mendez, 10. Nobody has the same last name.

Married women in Hispanic cultures typically keep their own name and add "de" plus the husband's name. So Grandma might be named Mary Montano de Vargas, while Mom might be Corrina Vargas de Mendez.

Or not.

-ccm

28 posted on 08/20/2007 5:22:35 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: ccmay
Could be, but then why would the reporter try to Anglicize their names? Just to shorten them to fit the article space, or something else?.

-PJ

29 posted on 08/20/2007 6:10:56 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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