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Old 18-07-2007, 15:11   #4
MargaretR
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Re: Foreign sounding names

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Originally Posted by katex View Post
No problems myself Margaret .. but do know one or two Jewish people who changed their names years ago ... one quite high up in Government I suspect. Don't think they do it now.

My friend went to live in Southern Ireland with a separated married gentleman, and changed her name to his, due the fact no divorce laws there .. the relationship crashed and she is now stuck with his name ..
It is (or was) quite cheap to use deed poll. I paid £25 to a solicitor to get rid of my last husband's name. Not that it was 'foreign' (english dad/ Italian mother) but just needed to distance myself from him in all respects.
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