Should marriage between same last names be allowed

My friend and his girlfriend have been going out for 6 years...for 6 years they kept it a secret and now their families are talking about their marriage..but my friends family is a highly religious hindu family and are restricting this marriage because they both have the same last names..DO you guys agree that same last names cannot marry?..
I think same last names should be allowed to get married because having the same last name does not mean that you are brothers and sisters..There are so many common last names..that does not mean that theyr all brothers and sisters...the reason why the families are restricting this marriage is highly ridiculous and not fair at all..

nd i want additional answers, if anyone has them?
does anyone have more information about what hinduism says about marriage between same last names?..and what is the significance of gotra system..

Well marriage b/w the same surnames is not a problem. Even my mom n dads surname ws d same bt still they re married AND happy. so its not a problem unless d 2 r happy wid each other

I don't know much about gotras and all other than what my friends told me a couple of months ago ... IF your friends have no kinship (as in no common relatives for several generations) than it might be easier to convince the mother 😆 .. There was also something about 8 rashis and hence 8 gotras and u can't marry into the gotra to which either of your parents belonged 😕 

Hi! Edited by Petrouska - 12 years ago

Pointless. If this would have been a problem, what would Patels, Kapoors, Johnsons, Smiths and Khans do?

Originally posted by: TheUltimate

Pointless.

If this would have been a problem, what would Patels, Kapoors, Johnsons, Smiths and Khans do?

Lol...my hubby and I have the same last name...and we have been married for 20 years now and have been blessed with two wonderful kids...never heard about this thing about people with the same last names not marrying...i see only good coming out of it...u don't have to change ur last name on anything...like license, passport etc.

I dnt think there is a problem with same surname. Thousands of families on this earth have same surname coz of same caste. But some of families who r highly religious. And we know such families exist. They think people with same surname r brother and sister and for them accepting such kind of relationship means breaking low or rules of religion. And i must say such kind of families r orthodox minded. If a guy and gal really luv each other than i think they have to go against their respective families else end the relationship on happy note. Edited by -ASTHA- - 12 years ago