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Old 09-30-2006, 07:17 AM
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Dear Stacyadoopt,
I think that for many adoptees, somehow keeping a connection to their birth name does matter. Like women pondering whether to keep their maiden name, one's name is key to one's identity, sense of belonging and pride.

There's a similar thread about this issue Names According to the book, Adoption Parenting Adoption Parenting - Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections there was the suggestion from an adoptee, "please don't erase my birth name, that's all that my birth mother had left to give me".

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