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What is the GEDCOM SURN of the root person of the POWELL family?

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Depending upon which one I choose to use as the root person:

2 SPFX ap
2 SURN Howell alias Howell Powell

.. or his father:

2 SPFX ap
2 SURN Leison

.. or his father:

2 SPFX ap
2 SURN William

.. or his father:

2 SPFX ap
2 SURN Evan ap Howell

You can also give a person more than one name.

I fear that it is already sufficiently complicated Nigel, without giving them additional ‘artificial’ names which could serve to confuse further . Unfortunately, although the Welsh are pretty good at rugby, their traditional naming conventions were a genealogist’s nightmare.

As an aside I have made other minor changes after discussion with other users:

Good – I like the change.

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