I have Scandinavian relatives so I sort of already knew this, but even so it can get pretty…

… in reading the book and really struggling to remember who was who when a realisation dawned on me: their surnames are formed from their fathers’ names followed by the suffixes “dottir” for girls and “son” for boys.
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I have Scandinavian relatives so I sort of already knew this, but even so it can get pretty confusing!
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