[wnvarsrg] Naming to avoid incest

Create a full naming scheme to help avoid incest.

The American scheme, where the baby takes on the father's last name, does OK.  It does better than Iceland, where the baby takes on the father's first name as a surname.  Iceland has adopted a separate database to avoid incest.

Could a naming scheme be better?  In the American system, it is still possible for 1st cousins to have different surnames.  Another problem is surnames tend to disappear, resulting in the problem seen in Korea, where 3 surnames (Kim, Park, Cho) account for a huge percentage of the population, leading to false positives, or people disregarding surnames, defeating the purpose. A simple modification might be always to choose the less common of the parents' surnames.

Hyphenation helps, but define what to do with a hyphenated parent (or two).

Given sex-linked traits, is the American patrilineal system superior to a symmetric matrilineal system?

The patrilineal system is sometimes tricky because the father is not known.

Ideal might be some graphical representation, then two potential mates can compare pictures to seem how close they are.  Coat of arms (heraldry) (though technically not graphical: it's words).

Program a realistic simulation and compare schemes over virtual generations.