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This is so embarrassing please help.

OK my fiance has a criminal record from back in the days.  And he wants our son to be named after him . I don't think it's a good idea to give my son a name after a man with a criminal record. What if he try to get a job one day and have to do a background check then his dad stuff come up from back in the day. I don't want my son to suffer from what his dad did back in the day. He could always tell people that's my dad and not me if he ever had to go through a background check but  that's so embarrassing. My baby is coming in two weeks and all this time he think the baby will be named after him but I'm having second thoughts now.
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You son will have his own social security number so that have nothing to do with anything
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11515243 tn?1427129031
After someone with *
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11515243 tn?1427129031
If you wouldn't name a child after a criminal record why would you be with one then ? And a background check has nothing to do with you or his dad they go by the person's social ...
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10064121 tn?1415176073
Background checks are done by social security number. It should be fine.
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Thanks
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Yes as said he would have his own social and birthday its plenty of people with the same name there's no harm with giving him the same name
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973741 tn?1342342773
Hi.  Have you ever googled someone?  I am always shocked to see how many people there are by the same name.  Even really unusual names.  He'll have his own social security number and is his own person.  His father was good enough to make a child with, right?  So, his name shouldn't now be a problem.  So, I'd not worry as much about this and just give him a name you feel is best.   And what his father wants.  Are you two together still?  Doesn't it bother him that you feel this way?  
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I think you should name the baby after him it doesn't matter what he did put a JR after it if your worried but telling him your name in gym the baby after him then don't could hurt  his feelings people have criminal records and just because you name your son after him doesn't mean in ANY way that it will affect your son he's not his dad they are two separate people and by the time your sons old enough to get a job if anything of the sort came up I'm sure there would have been talks about your worries and the situation it's not like they have the same social he will be different and do you know hoe many people are named after someone who has or had a criminal record and it doesn't affect the at all do some research but I can almost guarantee there will not be an issue with it
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