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in thread Do you have a middle name?

In Chile, the last name (apellido) has two parts: the first last name of the father (apellido paterno) followed by the first last name of the mother (apellido materno).

My father was an army officer for some years in the USA. Although he had a middle name, the middle initial he was given was from his second last name!!!