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MADem

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1. This is a common thing to use both parental names.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2015, 03:02 AM

Dec 2015

Some people split the diff and have two names and two games. Very common in mixed families.

So Eduard Pablo Smith Rodriguez can go by Eddie Smith in some venues, and Pablo Rodriguez in others.

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Democrats Force U.S. House Candidate to Change Name on Ballot [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2015 OP

This is a common thing to use both parental names. MADem Dec 2015 #1

The legal name is assigned with the SS number, education or school records, licenses and DhhD Dec 2015 #2

Yes, in America. The BIRTH certificate, really, is the start point. MADem Dec 2015 #3