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[quote=Anonymous]This was my story growing up.  My father died five months before I was born (mother had changed her name when she married, so I was born with his last name).  Mom remarried when I was six (two months before starting first grade) and both changed out surnames.  My school allowed me to use my new surname "unofficially" and I can remember being excited when it became official and I "moved up the alphabet - first surname stated with a J, then second with an A).  My dad died when I was nine and mom married again when I was in high school.  By this time, mom kept my first step father's name for professional reasons (although socially she uses my second stepfather's).  As for me, I choose to hyphenate my two stepfather's last names (and kept that as my surname when I married).  I appreciated having the same name as both my parents (didn't seem to be as many blended families around).  I don't consider is disrespectful to my birth father, but did feel I wanted to continue what both my stepfathers gave me in terms of love and support.  Don't have an answer, but am thinking of you!
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