Hayley Davies Summary

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Hayley Davies points out issues within the article that really stood out. She highlights family, the purpose of surnames, naming practise and having a sense of belonging. During the article she discusses how important it is to have a surname and what kind of impact surnames have on children. Kinship links closely to surnames it is often used to refer to having connections which are symbolised by blood (Lawler, 2008) having family ties, being related to a group of people.it also has a connection with people in the family, because they are related and share a bond, this then creates the sense of belonging, when this feeling is felt a sense of secureness and safeness is established.

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