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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what will happen to the daughter of the CT law partner, Gordon Caplan.

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So she goes to online high school for reasons I don't know, so in that sense at least she didn't have to face her peers this morning. She is in some tennis academy (maybe that's why she does online school so she can practice much of the day? travel to tournaments?) so she will have to eventually face her peers there. And yeah -- IDK how college admissions goes for her now for real. I mean I'm sure UConn or somewhere similarly average could take her based on just her record. I don't think your parents' names go on your college app -- so [b][u]maybe just keep dad's very common name off of it and hope UConn doesn't put it together that you're THAT Caplan[/u]? [/b]Or go to an out of state bigger state school that's a degree factory like Rutgers or Penn State...

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Yes, Caplan is a very common name... but NOT when it's spelled with a C, lol!

Kaplan is almost always spelled with a K.
However, there were Jews who came here after WWII that were terrified that antisemitism would be just as prevalent in America as it was in Europe, so they'd make a slight change in the spelling of their name (Katz became Kates -- Cohen became Cone or Cohn -- Rosenberg became Rose, etc).

I did a paper in college for my sociology class & spent a fair amount of time researching familial names, the rationale behind why they were changed & the names true history & lineage being lost from that point forward.

Never ONCE once did I come across Kaplan changed to "Caplan" in all of my research, so you're absolutely right... I'm afraid she's always going to be known as "THAT" Caplan. 
* Ironically, she can always change it back to Kaplan & she'll be completely autonomous with the thousands of other Kaplan's with a K, lol).[/quote]

Um. I, err, ah, well, let's just say I know a few Jewish Caplans. So they do exist. And they are not this man. [/quote]

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