Complex sentence: The noble families generally took up the Lithuanian pagan given names of their nobilitated ancestors as their family names; this was the case with Goštautai, Radvilos, Kęsgailos and others.
Split into simpler sentences: The noble families generally took up the Lithuanian pagan given names of their nobilitated ancestors as their family names. This was the case of Goštautai, Radvilos, Kęsgailos and others.