You know, talking about fathers and names, I read somewhere that (at least it used to be this way) in England, a woman couldn't put a man's name on the birth certificate without his permission. No knocking England or anything, it's just that it reminded me of that when I saw you were from there.
An old friend of mine had two children by two different fathers by the time she was 20. She never put the fathers' names on the certificates because they weren't in the picture. She ended up getting married to someone who years later wanted to adopt the kids, so she just added his name to the certificates for $10 each after finding out how much expense and time it would take to have him officially adopt. I don't think she changed their last names, but at that point, it would have been a simple matter to change it, since his name was added.
My daughter just hates her last name and doesn't want to be associated with her biological father, so she wants to change it. I told her to pick something meaningful to her, that she wouldn't mind having the rest of her life. It took her about 3 years to find one she wanted
