Converted Catholics........

[Domini Canis]

Still, your name is your identity is it not? Doesn't the family who adopted deserve to have their name passed on?

Nope. See, I've still got my mom. She just remarried and hated my original dad so much she asked her second husband to adopt us and change our names. He did, but then they also got divorced when I was still very young, so my name means jack to me. Besides, second dad has a son to carry on his name.

Your biological father is a difficult situation, but remember, it's not just his name, but his father's as well, and his father, and so on. It shouldn't just die because of your spite for one man. think of your ancestors, their is more in a name than just a word.

I have no spite for my original dad. When did I say I did? I'm just saying that I don't have his name anymore, and I'm not going to--at the age of 35--change my name back to its original, since that would also involve changing my wife's and five children's. Too much of a pain in the ass--nothing to do with spite.