From: Gary B. <bur...@ya...> - 2010-11-17 17:42:43
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Hello Benny, >origin is not about what a name derives from, but from what/where >the person you >are adding obtained his family name. I don't think you have many >people of who >you know they obtained such a name due to _their_ physical >attributes. Or do you? In that case a custom type will do. >Location is the same, that is why I ask. The use case I am thinking of is medieval genealogy when the use of surnames really started to develop. Three common ways a surname could have developed were a person's location, occupation or some physical distinguishing feature. However I agree with Jerome and that the last of these could be handled as a nick name and so does not require another attribute to describe it. Bye Gary |