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** Not necessarily true. In ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' B'Elanna says to Tom that perhaps he should now be known as "Tom Torres" as "it's the 24th century, after all" (though for the rest of the season neither of them change their names). In ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' Picard says to Commander Riker "You have the bridge Mr. Troi" (though most likely out of humour). And in "Sub Rosa" it's implied that Beverly's family have been keeping their maiden names and Beverly was apparently the first to break it. Then again, said episode was a [[Transplanted Character Fic]] of something else best taken with a pinch of salt.
*** Betazoid culture is matrilineal; Deanna's father took her mother's surname. Will probably won't, but Deanna is unlikely to insist upon it as much as her mother would have to Ian Troi.
**** They can probably just switch it up. When visiting Betazed Will can go by "William Troi", elsewhere in the galaxy it's "William Riker", and their personnel files can just contain a note about it.
** Same reason pretty much all women 200-300 years in the future still grow their hair long and wear make-up, I suppose.
** Pretty much it does bug the heck out of nobody but you, yes.
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