I regret on a regular basis losing my maiden/family name. I chose to take Mr Kip’s surname and am now lumped in with the mentalness that is his family, as opposed to the awesomeness that is mine! I wish I’d kept it, genuinely, at least in some part. Plus Kip Jr has no links to it, so I regret not adding it to her name in some way. Not double barrelled, but in there.
Step-nephew has just taken my brother’s (and my maiden) name so they are all the same. That was a massive moment of family coming together and I am envious they all have that surname.
You could always to what Dawn Porter did and merge her name with Chris O’Dowd’s to become O’Porter.
Personally I’d get the Reeve part back in as a middle name, get rid of Dobson and add Dwyer to you and the kids name (doesn’t have to be double barrelled) at any point at least one name matches any one person with parental responsibility!
Simple innit!!
