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He had a birth name that he didn't know about till he was grown, and a name he was always called and knew himself as. She says there's a long story involved with how he came to be named so differently on the birth certificate and in actual practivce. It may well be a painful or embarrassing story, and that ought to be taken into account. Of course he's gone now and maybe the story doesn't mean so much to his son/Bex's father, but it still bears cconsideration; it's easy to imagine why he might be called a different last name than is on his records, but the reasons behind him not being called by his official first name except on the birth certificate are a bit murkier and compelling.

This message was edited 7/25/2014, 6:30 AM