Birth certificate question

[Francisco 2.0 32586]

I ordered a copy to get a passport, since I have no idea where mine is (or my mom, she doesn't remember ever giving it to me or whatnot).  Copy comes in...and my first name is misspelled (as is my dad's name).  We have the same first name, and it's relatively common to misspell our first names, since there are a handful of ways you can. So, 54 years ago the hospital misspelled both of our names, but no one caught it at the time.

So!  Is this a concern?  Is my legal name what is spelled out on the birth certificate? What about everything else in my life that is using my preferred spelling of my first name?  Am I illegal?  I checked my SS card, and it has the spelling I've used all my life.  

Inquiring minds want to know.  I find all this mildly amusing, but now, wife is wondering how legal everything really is, and should I petition to change my name on the certificate accordingly, etc.

Thanks all.

[Dr Fear 1290]

You in Texas? Your dad still alive? If so, looks relatively easy and won't involve the courts.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dshs.texas.gov/vs/doc/Texas-Birth-Certificate-Change.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj7x8zpj7n0AhXugGoFHVsqAuQQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3zj2ASY7CDx0lqCA8k51jL

[Kennythetiger 9622]

Sorry for your inconvenience, Peet. 

[CooterBrown 18288]

Sorry, Duane. You’re DuWayne now.

[Francisco 2.0 32586]

2 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

You in Texas? Your dad still alive? If so, looks relatively easy and won't involve the courts.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dshs.texas.gov/vs/doc/Texas-Birth-Certificate-Change.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj7x8zpj7n0AhXugGoFHVsqAuQQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3zj2ASY7CDx0lqCA8k51jL

Not in Texas, and according to what I can find, it's a bit more complicated here. 

 

 

[HornOnTheBayou 9062]

I'm sorry you're having to deal with all of this, Two Dogs Ducking.

[HRSchenker 2340]

There's a form you can fill out that allows you to use a given name on a passport. I'll have to hunt for it. 

[Deej 77813]

Fransiko 3.0?

[HRSchenker 2340]

DS-60 https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds60.PDF

Quote

This form is used when the name that the passport applicant uses is (1) substantially different from the name on the passport applicant’s citizenship evidence or (2) the passport applicant’s name was not acquired by marriage or a court order. This form or a written statement that includes all of the information on this form must be filled out by an affiant (preferably a blood relative) who has personal knowledge of the passport applicant’s use of both names.

 

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

No helpful answers to the questions you asked, but you should figure out a way to commit fraud, fake your own death, get a second set of identification/new identity, become a spy, or something else along those lines. 

[Gil Bang 26233]

So, my entire family, except for my Dad, me and my son, spells our last name different than we do. 

So, imagine my last name is "Bang".  Everyone else spells it "Bangg".   It was a mistake on my Dad's birth certificate (in 1936 rural Texas, and by "rural" I mean "East Bumfuck") and nobody ever bothered to correct it, so my last name was, is, and will be different than that of all my cousins. 

(It's a fairly uncommon name, but when you see it, it will always have the "xx" at the end. 

[Native Horn 3581]

Ok Oedipus Rexx

[idigTexas 2330]

Wow.  Nikki Sixx posts on Surly.  Who knew?

[pops 7142]

Just send it in with the birth certificate and on your application put the way you've spelled your name your whole life. Chances are they won't catch it and just process it how you requested. Permission and forgiveness and all that shit.