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my "ex's" family history has a related name change story from Ellis Island in the early 1900's. The grandfather and grandmother are being registered by The Authority Man and he asks them their family name, so they tell him and he responds "you can't possibly live in America with a name like that! let's pick a different one; what's your wife's family name?" So henceforth that branch of the family started using the grandmother's last name as opposed to being a Shittenburger forever. disclaimer: this was a story my ex told and she usually told the truth
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