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Originally Posted by Macfanforever
I have a friend that he changed his last name to his mom maiden name because he did not want his fathers last name because his dad was a blank.
Me .I don't want to go through the ton of paper work right now.I know cities and states very with the name change deal.
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It wasn't exactly an easy decision, per se. All of my degrees, professional license, accomplishments, and even album credits have been as "MacDougall". However, not including my amom (whose maiden name will now be part of my name, because she and her family never made me feel "adopted"), I'm tired of being odd man out. With my adad and his kids, I was the "adopted" child. I was odd man out with most of my step sisters, too (there's one who I also consider to be my sister, and she's happy about the change, too).
This year was the first time I almost didn't feel that way at a family Christmas, and the only reason I did was because of my last name. That's something I have control over. I now have something that is real and is mine. So any inconvenience I might have will be relatively minor.