If you had to change your name, what would your new name be?
So listin if I had a choice my name would have been Paul James Kurko. I actually lived under an alias of 26 years. I had no idea my name was not my real name. I had a drivers license and social security card under Paul William Kurko Jr.
I had to have a copy of my birth certificate for something. So I went to the court house to obtain one. I go in and talk with the clerk. Tell her my name showing her my ID. She said to give her a second.
She was in the records room for a few minutes and then said Sir, You don’t exist under the name you provided. She then asked who my parents were. I gave their info. She calls out from the room that my legal name was Paul Junior Kurko.
At this time, I’m starting to freak out a bit. It’s not even how you all may think. Let me give you a backdrop on me. I went to prison at a young age and learned how to tattoo. Tattoed my initials on my left wrist. In side of a black band. Reading PWKJ.
I did it with a pick. One poke at a time. Inside the band, as I was tattooing. I learned how to line and shade. And finished with my initials. It was a great learning exs. perience.
I said to the clerk, “What can I do about all this?” She said give me $26.00, and I’ll change your name to Paul William Kurko Jr. So I did, and well, the Judge signed off on it. And all I have to say is now I match.
My grandmother said my mom had named me wrong. So she fixed it. At least made it how she thought it should be.
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