One of life's great mysteries is if a Brazilian marries someone from Venezuela, how do you figure out what their official name will be? We ought to be politicians because we spend the whole lesson talking about last names, middle names, and given names, but we never actually answer the question! In this lesson Michelle talks about what it has been like to explain her daughter's full name. Americans get a little confused. As to the grammar, we discuss the difference between phrases like 'have you been eating lately' and 'have you ever eaten before.'ave you been noticing anything different lately as related to pregnancy and having children here in the United States? Michelle: Lately I've been noticing that the issue of names has been very different from in Brazil. Valdo: Have you ever had any problems with this? Michelle: Yes I have. Lately I've had some problems in explaining to people here that my daughter has two last names. Valdo: Yes, you need to get used to that, because here people have used the a system where they have a second name and a last name instead of two last names. Michelle: That is exactly what confuses me here. In all the places I've gone during these last few months, people don't understand why my daughter doesn't have a second name.