On changing one's name

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I would suggest that you talk it over with your lawyer before a final decision is made; you might also want to consider the option of adding your Mother's maiden name ahead of your family name either with, or without the hyphen, as this might simplify things.

I'll just note that I did exactly that, without any hyphen, in order to acknowledge my mother and her side of the family along with my father and his side. And that was very, very easy to do ... although some forms are set up to recognize only one "middle" name or initial at most, in which case I end up going with first name and (my father's) surname - that is the one downside, but perhaps a notable one in your situation.