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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Portgas D. Ace of ''[[One Piece]]'' uses his mother's name instead of his father's, feeling he owes her greatly while the fact of who his father is has caused him nothing but grief.

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia and Nunnally vi Britannia go by their deceased mother's maiden name of Lamperouge to disguise their identities.

 

== [[Comics]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* [[The Reveal]] at the end of ''[[Down Periscope]]'' is that {{spoiler|Brad Stepenak}} is actually Admiral Wilson's son. He uses his mother's name to avoid patronage and to rebel against his father.

* In ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'', John McClane's daughter uses her mother's maiden name Genero to distance herself from her father; a [[Call Back]] to the original, where his wife had done the same after she moved to a new job in California (that is, she changed it to Genero, not ''her'' mothers maiden name).

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* A variation in ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' where {{spoiler|Guy Cecil}} uses a slightly different version of his mother's maiden name as a cover for his true heritage.

* In ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'', {{spoiler|Madison Saint James}} uses her mother's maiden name after having a falling out with her father, {{spoiler|Alan Parker}}.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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