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Hi
I have Indian heritage and my ex-wife was Irish. We have 2 boys and to be balanced we named one boy with an Irish first name and Indian middle name, the second one the other way around. My ex-wife has gone ahead and put a nickname to my son who has an Indian name and explained to my other child that everyone should call him by his first name as he is Irish and his culture. My other boy is now called by his nickname, but can this be legal?
I wasn't asked nor told but all our correspondence now is with the nickname. I agree this is very petty but it is my child's identity