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是的。中国的孩子通常都随父姓，只有极个别的随母姓，意为家族的香火通过名字和血缘都一脉相传下去，家族也就越来越大。听说古时候起名字是要按资排辈的。通常是依据家族流传下来的家谱，用姓加上表示辈分的字，再加上自己的名字。因而有可能整个家族里同一辈的孩子，名字的前两个字都一样，只有最后一个字不同。也有一些名字还体现了当时的时代特色。比如新中国刚成立的那段时间，建华，爱国，保田等名字特别流行，真是从根本上体现了爱国主义。

shìde 。Zhōngguó de háizi tōngcháng dōu suí fù xìng ，zhǐyǒu jí gèbié de suí mǔ xìng ，yì wéi jiāzú de xiānghuǒ tōngguò míngzi hé xuèyuán dōu yīmàixiāngchuán xiàqu ，jiāzú yě jiù yuèláiyuèdà 。tīngshuō gǔshíhou qǐ míngzì shì yào ànzīpáibèi de 。tōngcháng shì yījù jiāzú liúchuán xiàlai de jiāpǔ ，yòng xìng jiāshàng biǎoshì bèifèn de zì ，zài jiāshang zìjǐ de míngzi 。yīnér yǒu kěnéng zhěnggè jiāzú lǐ tóngyībèi de háizi ，míngzi de qián liǎng ge zì dōu yīyàng ，zhǐyǒu zuìhòu yī ge zì bùtóng 。yě yǒu yīxiē míngzi hái tǐxiàn le dāngshí de shídài tèsè 。bǐrú xīnzhōngguó gāng chénglì de nà duàn shíjiān ，Jiànhuá ，Àiguó ，Bǎotián děng míngzi tèbié liúxíng ，zhēnshì cōng gēnběn shàng tǐxiàn le àiguózhǔyì 。

Yeah. Chinese kids often get their father's surname. Only a few take their mother's surname. Because families' ancestral worship is passed on through surnames and blood ties, families get bigger all the time. I hear that in ancient times, names were given by seniority. It was usually done according to family trees passed down through families. You'd use the surname, plus a word to show the generation, and then a name. Because of this, there might be a full generation of kids in a family who share the first two characters of their name, with only the last word different. And there are some names that show characteristics of a particular era. For example, during the time just after the foundation of the People's Republic of China, names like ''Building China," ''Patriot," and ''Protecting the Land" were very popular. It really shows people's patriotism.

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我明白了，妈妈你别难过了，你自己的身体也很重要。我听说阿兹海默症跟家族史也有关系，你也要当心，平时要保持身体健康，多锻炼，别给自己太多压力。

wǒ míngbai le ，māma nǐ bié nánguò le ，nǐ zìjǐ de shēntǐ yě hěn zhòngyào 。wǒ tīngshuō āzīhǎimòzhèng gēn jiāzúshǐ yě yǒu guānxi ，nǐ yě yào dāngxīn ，píngshí yào bǎochí shēntǐ jiànkāng ，duō duànliàn ，bié gěi zìjǐ tài duō yālì 。

OK, I understand now mom, don’t get upset, your own health is important too. I’ve heard Alzheimer’s runs in families, you should be careful, you need to keep healthy, exercise and don’t put yourself under too much pressure.

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看不出来，原来你们家是大家族啊。

kàn bù chūlái ，yuánlái nǐmen jiā shì dà jiāzú ā 。

It doesn't seem like it, but your family has been a great family all along!

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这是你们家族血脉传承的见证嘛。啊呀，要是我们家也有家谱就好了。

zhè shì nǐmen jiāzú xuèmài chuánchéng de jiànzhèng ma 。āyā ，yàoshì wǒmen jiā yě yǒu jiāpǔ jiùhǎole 。

This is an authentication of your family's heritage. Jeez, if our family still had a family tree that'd be great.

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郑和家族世代信奉伊斯兰教，去圣地朝圣一直是他的心愿。

Zhèng Hé jiāzú shìdài xìnfèng Yīsīlánjiào ，qù shèngdì cháoshèng yīzhí shì tā de xīnyuàn 。

Zheng He's family believed in Islam. Going to the holy land on a pilgrimage was one of his dreams.

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医生说双胞胎是有家族遗传倾向，但是我们两家好像都没有嘛。可能是远亲。

yīshēng shuō shuāngbāotāi shì yǒu jiāzú yíchuán qīngxiàng ，dànshì wǒmen liǎng jiā hǎoxiàng dōu méiyǒu ma 。kěnéng shì yuǎnqīn 。

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