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My opinion really differs. Our newly adopted, freshly three year old son very much knew his name. He had been in the orphanage since 6 months, was treated well and was referred to by his birth name by both the workers and the other children. We have given him a new first name and he responds to that but we call him by his birth name. He did not know his middle name nor last name and has adjusted very nicely to having a first, middle and last name not that all of that is important right now to him. I think that older children know who they are and its important to acknowledge that you accept that and them as they are.
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