[classicman]

All of this is predicated on not knowing any facts about any of them, but...
They are both much too young to fathom the implications of a name change and what it may mean later in life. That their father is doing something strange now (whatever that is) and in a year or 2 may completely change. Is he a good person? Is he very far away? Are their legal reasond for this? Just asking. I was on the "other side" of this where my kids were told those things when they weren't true. Not sure what the point of changing the name is. Perhaps this name has a long and wonderful history of great men and this one asshole is spoiling it. There are just too many variables here. No matter what, changing their name really changes nothing. Or am I missing the forest here?