How a name used to work

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Traditionally a Korean name is constructed by:
•family name
•first name
•"middle name"

And one of those has to your given name. Either the first or middle name has to be the generation name. By generation is like if my name was 남해원 then my brother would be 남경원. It's the name you share with your siblings. While the given name you don't share it with them:

                               OrIf his name was 해성 it would still be the same:

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                               Or
If his name was 해성 it would still be the same:

                               OrIf his name was 해성 it would still be the same:

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But now this days you don't really need a generation name. The thing that matters this generation is to have the same last name. But a lot of families still follow the old tradition while others don't. so yeah that's it for today I hope you liked it.

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