re: Introducing yourself with your mother's maiden name

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If your mom's family is prominent, is it wrong to do this?

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Absolutely not. One of my good friends from New York was born to a very well off family, but his maternal grandmother's name (not mother's) is worth as much as his father's success. His grandfather was a USMC BGen who married a socialite. His dad used her middle name and so does he.

ETA: I meant they used them as middle names (exactly as you represented Pete's use).