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Daily Mirror
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Laura Sharman

Children should have the surnames of both their parents at birth, court rules

Children should be given the surname of both their parents, a court in Italy has ruled.

The decision overturns a longstanding tradition in Italy where babies were automatically named after their father.

Now Italy's Constitutional Court has said that mums and dads should be able to choose their baby's surname.

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