Quote Originally Posted by jjjiimm View Post
Would it be acceptable for our kids to have my name as a patronymic? It would be "Jamesevich" and "Jamesovna".
Hey there Jim! I'm, a mom of two teenagers here in the states and I can tell you that if you have your children with one last name and you and your wife have different last names... it equals a big mess in school. Even if your wife and the kids have one name and you another... the problems are with school directories and office staff or teachers trying to remember that "Oh, little Susie's dad's name is Smith." "Is little Susie's dad a step-dad?"

So unless you ALL change your last name to be the same... I would strongly urge you to reconsider this option. Life is hard enough in school... why make it harder?