AlisaIWW Sep 23, 2009:

You are most welcome. You also might want to look at Desertfox's answer: he seems to have solved some of the awkwardness of that sentence.

Ruth Rubina (asker) Sep 23, 2009:

Thank you all for your help. I will keep the original as Father's mother family name. It doesn't sound right but I think AlisaIWW as a very good point here.

Suzan Chin Sep 23, 2009:

Going word-for-word would be too complicated. We know that the meaning is "mother's maiden name" so I would just simplify it instead of saying "mother's father's last name".

Ruth Rubina (asker) Sep 23, 2009:

So would be also correct to say "Father's mother family name"?

AlisaIWW Sep 23, 2009:

I would go word-for-word, since 'mother's maiden name' does make sense, but only most of the times, not always: it could be the case that the mother was given/took a last name different from that of her father. And after all, they didn't ask about שם נעורים של האם, which they certainly could: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="שם נעורים של האם"&aq=f...