I recently met a guy and we dated for sometime now, and he has the same surname as i do eg. Gill. I didn't confront with my family before proceeding with this relationship and they said that as long as we are not related is fine, infact my grandparents said the same. just to be on the safe side, we checked the family background and true enough there were not even a slight trace of relations. But the main problem lies in his family, who believes that Gill and Gill can get married even if we are not related, we are like bro and sis.  :dnk:  isn't that like ancient already? my grandparent told me that is what 'those were the days thoughts', these days it doesn't matter as long as u are not related. then why do some people still conservative about this matter :lost:  I even have an uncle who married his wife with a same surname, they seem to lead a happy 27yrs marriage life.