Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25250830-20140905030244/@comment-226878-20140907071108

That idea is not entirely ridiculous. People have said that "girls in Remnant take the surname of their mother". But what about Weiss? The SDC is her grandfather's' company hence the family name Schnee is passed down from him. So is she the lone exception to this rule? Bear in mind... logically, there are no exceptions to a rule otherwise it's not a rule.

But if people are free in Remnant (just as in our own world) to take whatever surname they want, then it really doesn't matter anymore. What matters at this point is deciphering the motive behind the name change.