# why don't Kim Jong Il's sons have Jong as patronymic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 29, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kim-jong-ils-sons-have-jong-as-patronymic/544943 "2010-06-29T15:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kim-jong-ils-sons-have-jong-as-patronymic/544943/21 "2010-06-30T15:55:14Z")
> [@kim\_jung\_il](#): > > Ancestry is very important over here It is only natural that ancestry would be very important to a hereditary monarchy such as North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![kim\_jung\_il](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kim\_jung\_il](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kim_jung_il)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kim-jong-ils-sons-have-jong-as-patronymic/544943/22 "2010-07-02T14:23:50Z")
Apologies for the confusion. I am a Brit in South Korea. When I said heritage is very important here, I was implying that they put a lot of thought and attention on the naming of their children, with regards to the ancestry, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kim-jong-ils-sons-have-jong-as-patronymic/544943/23 "2010-07-02T16:15:48Z")
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