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[–] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

The hyphenated solution works with one proviso: already-hyphenated names have to pick one of the two.

Jane Doe marries Richard Ray. Children's family name: Doe-Ray. (Or Ray-Doe at their option.)

Alice Meeh marries Bob Fahr. Children's family name: Meeh-Fahr. (Or the reverse again.)

Jeffrey Doe-Ray marries Archibald Meeh-Fahr. Children's family name are, at the option of the parents (though we should probably demand consistency across children in the same family), one of Doe-Meeh, Ray-Fahr, Doe-Fahr, or Ray-Meeh.

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