Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!ksh From: ksh@cbosgd.UUCP (Karen Summers-Horton) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: What's in a name? Message-ID: <941@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 12:09:58 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.941 Posted: Wed Feb 8 12:09:58 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 02:47:29 EST References: <6816@watmath.UUCP>, <614@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 18 Our solution, while it may not be perfect, gives our son a lot of choices. My husband is Mark Horton, I am Karen Summers-Horton. Our son is Matthew Randolph Summers Horton (no hyphen). Until he gets old enough to decide, we will use his full name on all 'official' documents, and for purposes of alphabetization, his last name is Horton. When he gets older, he may use Horton, Summers, Summers Horton, or Summers-Horton - it will be his decision. If he decides to use only Horton, Summers will just be another middle name. We discussed a lot of alternatives before Matt was born, and this is the best solution for us. A totally new last name for him, was never an option. We wouldn't want him to feel a need to explain himself to all his little friends, as to why his name was completely different from mom and dad's. If we have another child, it will also have 4 names, the last two being the same as Matt's. Karen Summers-Horton