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Isn't this just sus as hell? Any normal people do this regularly?
The story reads as totally normal. Not many men change their name that much but, "I want the same last name as my grandma who I love very much and not my second dad who I don't talk to" feels right and good and maybe even sweet. The man's a monster. This is fine.
It's weird I said "men" here. In the US women usually change their names once and men never. But adoption and grandma and going by initials are all changes I've seen and understand.