Numerology Answers > Specific Numerology Aspects

Wrong Last Name On Birth Certificate

Question:
So here is the thing about my last name. At the time of my birth, my mom put the wrong man (father) on my birth certificate and so my legal name is [name removed]. I didn't meet my dad until I was almost 2 years old. I don't understand my moms decision to put that man on my birth certificate when she didn't even take a paternity to prove he was for sure my father. (Note I've never met the man who is on my birth certificate.) But that's beside the point. The point is my mother never legally changed my name once she found my dad and took a paternity test to prove it. (She was the only one who had the power to change it, hence my actual father was not on my birth certificate so he had no power to. I haven't gotten around to changing it because it is more a financial hassle. But to make a long story short I've always gone by the last name [name removed] (my actual biological last name. Hence it is confusing because of my moms mistake). But my legal name is [name removed]. So my question is in my numerology profile would I just avoid the last name [name removed] since it was a clear mistake and it is not my identity? Everyone knows me by my last name [name removed], and it is embarrassing every time I have to explain why I have two last names. So would I include just [name removed]?

Answer: (Responses to questions rely on the accuracy of the name and birth date provided with the question. Typographical errors or incomplete information can result in an incorrect response.)

The name first officially recorded at birth, generally a birth certificate, is the name to use for most numerology readings. What should or should not have been recorded has no relevance for the interpretations.

When a person has used a different name for many years and knows themself as that particular name, then a reading can also be obtained for the different name.

The reason for a reading with the birth name is because the essence of the energies represented by the name never go away. They may become less prominent, even take a back-seat role, when a new name is assumed, especially after the new name has become so much a part of the person that they know themselves as that name.

Note that it isn't necessary to make a new name official, although it can help, for the energies represented by the new name to be present. What is necessary is the whole-hearted, unreserved assumption of the self as the new name without judging whether or not it's the correct thing to do.

© 1997-2001 William and Mari Bontrager
© 2002-2011 Bontrager Connection, LLC
© 2011-2024 Will Bontrager Software LLC