Question #5: JoLynn

1) My name has part of my Korean name mixed with American. I like my name and feel comfortable with it. Growing up it would have been harder if I had my Korean name. For example, in my daughter’s class she has a boy with a Korean name. Some of the [...]

Question #5: Heather

The question of names is a good one. I believe that what my parents did, along with many others, is the right choice. My middle name is a Vietnamese name while my first name reflects my afamily / region. However, it is definitely one of those things I battled growing up – and to this [...]

Question #5: Juli

1) As far as names go, I actually think it’s better to change them. Others are free to disagree with me, but, I think keeping one’s name is sort of a false promise. It’s saying “we’re not different” when really, you are. My parents (re)named me in the same sort of name they named my [...]

Question #5:

Actually, two questions, coming to us from Tracey:
1.  How do you feel about adoptive parents changing your names?  Would it have been meaningful in any way to you to have kept your original names or some form of them?  Any thoughts on this subject?
2.  Do you think your adoption experience would have been any less [...]