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Back Story! This is a foster / adoptive single dad. He doesn't show or name most of the foster children he's had in his care except a girl, Bella, that he has had since birth, but still blurs her face for privacy. Bella is the biological sister of both Luke and Isabella. Luke and Isabella were formally adopted last winter. Their birth names had been Skylar and Ryder but upon their adoption were given the choice to change their names if they so choose. Both children opted to change their full names and not just their last. Skylar chose Isabella Abigail (FN MN) and Ryder chose Luke. I'm inclined to believe they chose these choices due to Disney / Star Wars connections. Though sweet they got to choose their own names, I'm curious why no one thought to deter Isabella from picking a name so close to her sister Bella? Perhaps they had but she was determined. At any rate, at least she is happy with it. Honestly, Luke and Isabella are pretty solid names for children to pick out. Perhaps if Bella is adopted someday as well maybe she'll pick something different? lol.

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Zay (legally 20, uncertain exact age)
Anthony (18)
Isabella Abigail / formally Skylar (9)
Luke / formally Ryder (8)
Bella (3)

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What do you think of these names? If you were adopted as a child, what would you have changed your name to? I can say with 100% certainty if I was adopted between 6 to 12, I would have most definitely picked Angelina like Angelina Ballerina (yes, the mouse). I was certain I was more an Angelina in personality.

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*Yes, eventually my love of Angelina evolved into a love of Evangelina and settled on Evangeline.

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