Claudéric de Moulins d'Amieu de Beaufort was just an ordinary bloke. He was unmarried and lived in Illkirch-Graffenstaden.
Asceline de Pardaillan de Gondrin too was an ordinary of person. She lived in Krautergersheim.
They fell in love. They had met at a Social Justice Convention. With Asceline and Claudéric, modernity and moderation went hand in hand. They were a thoroughly modern couple.
Asceline de Pardaillan de Gondrin decided to keep her own name when she married Claudéric de Moulins d'Amieu de Beaufort. But what if they had children? What family name would each child use?
It was a conundrum that was easily settled; they would join their family names. Many years later, Renaud de Pardaillan de Gondrin de Moulins d'Amieu de Beaufort married Marguerite Dembélé- Vallée-Boutet-Aubert-Caillat-Gainsbourg-Ouvrard-Chéreau-Cazenave-Auvray-Bourdon. They too were modern and moderate. They changed their name to Smith. It was so foreign and exotic.