# Does it make sense choose any surname type?

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**Created:** [August 23, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-it-make-sense-choose-any-surname-type/5926 "2024-08-23T14:33:58Z")\
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There’s a couple examples of **name origin** updater scripts for the **[SuperTool addon](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Isotammi_addons#SuperTool)** in the _“[Tree vivisection experiments with the Isotammi SuperTool](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/tree-vivisection-experiments-with-the-isotammi-supertool/1621)”_ topic.

One looks though a selection of Families and checks the children’s Surname against the Father’s. If they match and there isn’t an origin yet, it sets the Origin to **Patrilineal**.

The other checks against the Spouse and set the Origin to **Taken** when there is a match. All these surnames of **Taken** origin should be of **Married** type.

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