More and more children are registered in the civil registry in the name of both parents in Touraine. Will those who wish be able to trace their family tree as easily as today? This is a big no for Jean-Marie Doublé, the honorary president of the Touraine Genealogical Center.
“It’s bullshit”
“Genealogy is already complex enough. The double name is an aberration which does not lead to simplification, quite the contrary. In addition to being subject to very specific legislation with numerous rules to respect. Going towards generalization is bullshit”says Jean-Marie Doublé.
He himself traced his ancestors back to 1610 and teaches his research techniques to members of the association. According to him, the double names given will only have repercussions several decades from now.
In fact, access to the archives only becomes public once the person turns 75. “This phenomenon is far too recent for us to be able to measure all of its impacts. We will obviously be able to find all the acts, everything is recorded and scanned, but with additional complexities,” he assures.
A misunderstood practice
More broadly, he cannot understand how this practice is in the direction of a society “more open” and interprets it as a way of better ” possess “ a child “which does not belong to them”.
Beyond the current generation, he also points out the difficulties that the next generation could encounter: “If both parents each have two last names, what will the child be called? »
