When you have the same last name as someone else why do people assume that you two are related if you are both black?

[Anonymous]

[ProbablyClueless]

People assume that if you're both white too... it's because you have the same last name.

Shared family names tends to mean a shared ancestry.

[Asker]

Not always

[DryGermanGuy]

Happens not only if you are black:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HY_nkgJG3oE

[ChicoFromThe305]

Cause normally families all have the same last name

[Asker]

Not always are all Lopez’s related or all Rodriguez’s related.

[ChicoFromThe305]

No but what are the odds there's more than one together or in the same room that aren't family lol

[Asker]

They clearly know that your not related to them if you have the same last name of someone of another race.

[ChicoFromThe305]

You just said they are both black

[Asker]

There are so many people with the same last name that’s common you can’t be related to them all. Even if they are your race.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Okay.