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We signed adoption papers with the new names just yesterday. We finalized the new names just last week.
Our children have a super violent birth father. We had no choice but to change names to protect them. What we did is gave them new first and last names. We used their old first names as their new middle names and will continue to use them as their main names.
The new first names all have three letters. So when they fill out paper work it will be easy for them to sign. The children (2, 7, and 8) were fine with it and were happy they would be protected. The 8 year old helped pick her name. We gave the 7 year old two choices. He didn't really care and of course the 2 year old didn't care. In fact, in the days following the decision, the two older children have already asked if we could start calling them by their new first names. We said no not right now but maybe latter.
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