Did your mother keep or change her name when she got married?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

She changed her name when she married my father, and she hyphenated with her new husband's name when she re-married many many years after dad died.

Then when she divorced him, she went back to her first married name.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

However, on a personal front, I would not expect it and frankly, when asked by friends who asked my opinion before they got married, I said they should keep their name, but it's their name and their call.