Wednesday, April 8, 2009

That DJ Guy changes his name

So a little back round- I was adopted at the age of 8 after my mother passed. My aunt and uncle took me in under their name which was Dickerson. My wife's father had three daughters and after a night of beer drinking and pool playing with him I learned that he had always wanted a son to carry on his name.

That got me thinking-why not take my wife's name? Now, that's not to say that my aunt and uncle's last name did not mean anything to me. Just, My uncle has a biological son that will carry on his namesake. After discussing it with my wife and my uncle (adopted father...I know, it's confusing) I told my father in law of my intentions on my bachelor party night. He accepted and that was that. It has taken me two years to go through the legal work and jump through all the hoops necessary to make it legal. Anyway, My legal name is that of my in laws--Darling. More specific, that's Justin Flair Darling. So there ya have it!