Will's aunts have the same last name as his father?
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Moonlighty — 10 years ago(August 19, 2015 06:26 AM)
That had nothing to do with the topic but good for you for pointing out an incredibly obvious fact like it was a revelation.
It was probably sloppy writing, but it's possible with such a common last name that both the sisters and Wills father had it. But I doubt that was actually planned that way.Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.
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furienna — 10 years ago(September 02, 2015 04:16 AM)
Yeah, it is not impossible. Because it was that way for my sister's best friend in High School. Her parents, by a weird coincidence, both had the same last name before they were married.
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mikeyg24 — 10 years ago(September 04, 2015 05:21 PM)
Yes in reality it can certainly happen but with characters that have been created? Seems odd they would be
written
that way!
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furienna — 10 years ago(September 05, 2015 03:03 PM)
Yeah, it seems to be another case of the writers not keeping up with continuity. But it sure
could
happen that two people both have the last name Smith without being related, since it happens to be the most common last name in the US (and also in the UK, by the way), so it becomes a bit easier to forgive this goof than others.
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theothertwistedsister — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 08:14 AM)
I knew a couple from high school that eventually got married and they both had the last name Goldsworthy. If two people with a last name like that can find each other, its definitely not out of the realm of possibility that two people with the most common last name in the US could find each other haha.
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thefifthkid — 10 years ago(September 15, 2015 06:55 PM)
I agree with the premise of them both having Smith as a surname is plausible but improbable. My only question is what would they prefer Will's aunts surname to be and does it affect the story lines? I don't believe it does. Isn't it called artistic licence or something similar?
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womenofbocc — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 07:08 PM)
Ok, I don't really see why it matters, but here goes:
Number one: this is television. They are not a real family.
Number two: it is not that unusual for someone to marry someone who has the same last name and be unrelated. For example, two of my sisters married men whose last name is Campbell, but their husbands are not related. As a matter of fact they didn't even know each other before they started dating my sisters.
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EmilyTheDramaQueen — 9 years ago(April 13, 2016 06:49 PM)
It's something that can be brushed off as a continuity error, I suppose. A lot of long time series had them back then. But at least in this case it's possible to marry or be with someone that has the same last name. The recent episode of Black-ish was about this
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