The Question Is How Can Be Siblings The Separated Surname Is Not Common Parent

[Shifty_Left_Eye]

I: one honest question for josh is yours boyfriend.
fallyn: He replied: he is my brother
I: is Joshua Sutcliffe your brother
fallyn: he stuck yep
I: How can you be able to be a siblings??
Fallyn: he replied: just is

(I do not answer the question that why do you ask such a !!!!!!!!)

[fiction-factory]

You may need to clarify the question

[Shifty_Left_Eye]

can there be siblings although there are different surnames and there is no common parent (to know) or can he say he is for me as a brother?

[albaqwerty]

depends on who registered the birth I guess.
one might have been registered by the father, the other possibly mother and used a different surname?

[Old_Geezer]

I think one can be named any reasonable name.
As for relationship I think siblings need to be genetically related, but you can be step siblings, or adopted siblings maybe. Or they might just simplify/shorten the title to siblings.

[fiction-factory]

Maybe she just means she regards him as a brother not a boyfriend.

I'm puzzled as to what is meant by "he stuck yep"- do I need to brush up on my yoofspeak so i can be more down with the kids at school ?

[EDDIE51]

I am assuming that English is not the questioners first language.

[Buenchico]

In the UK there's actually no requirement to register a child's birth using the surname of either parent.

So, for example, John Smith and Mary Jones can legally register their son's birth calling him Peter Bloggs. When they have another child later on, they can register her birth as that of Doris Havers.

It's only convention which dictates that the surname of a parent (usually the father) will be given to a child, not law.

Further, as long as they're not seeking to defraud anyone by doing so, anyone in this country can use whatever name they want, whenever they want. So, for example, someone whose birth certificate names them as 'Colin Parsons' can legally call himself 'Michael Harris' in the morning, 'Sister Agatha Brown' in the afternoon and 'Universal Leader' in the evening. He's fully entitled to sign legal documents (such as contracts) using those names; he doesn't require a deed poll to do so.

[Peter Pedant]

I put it down to confusion between brother, half brother and step brother

easy to have different surnames

[Shifty_Left_Eye]

sorry wrong word not stuck yep !!! she said yep

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. Hope these answers helped