Line Names
Overview
A line name passes from parent to child. Either parent's line may be chosen. There are three kinds.
Ship Lines
Family names that came from Earth. They no longer show what a person looks like or where a person...
Craft Lines
Names taken from the work of a founding ancestor. They are Creole words. Line name Meaning Bahari...
Place Lines
Names that mark the home of the line. They use Dan-, from the Hausa word for "child of". It does ...
Joined Lines
A few families keep the lines of both parents, joined with a hyphen: Kamau-Chen. This is most com...