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Lovely, on record for life.

Turns out she got her answer to her original question via a phone call. Maybe she should have tried that route first.

Nah, because there was a failure with the policy implementation the kid got a proper name and no record that it had changed.

> Under the rules, the registrar will not approve a name if it is offensive and not in the public interest. It also will not approve given names that are more than 50 characters, include symbols, or an official title or rank such as princess, Queen, or goddess.

Shame, it doesn't seem to violate policy. They should have been forced to do a full legal name change, and a welfare check on the other kids wouldn't be out of line either.

That directly contradicts the article saying it will be on record for life.

The articles I read about it suggested she had tried that. Agencies indicated that the registrar would provide a name in the event that the chosen one was rejected, but wouldn't tell her what that might be.

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