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Originally Posted by katex
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 .. 
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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.