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[cheolsu]

I teach two mixed-race children at my school. One has one parent who is Russian, the other has one parent who is some sort of English speaker (North American, I'd presume, from his accent). Both are listed by their first name only on class lists since their names are so long, and one actually had her name shortened from Christina to Tina on a seating chart. I don't think a long name would necessarily follow you around, for the simple reason that in a room full of kids with three-syllable names, even the rare Korean with a four-syllable name finds his name shortened. The boy's name is something like Richard Andrew Wilson (not his real name), and everyone just calls him Richard without a second thought.

Also, for what it's worth, both kids are very well-adjusted and popular, speak perfect (or near-perfect) Korean and generally don't stand out much from my perspective.

[PatrickGHBusan]

Both of our mixed kids have mixed names. Basically they have a Korean surname and my family name. This what we agreed on. We chose Korean first names that were not hard to pronounce in English and that had a meaning we liked.

Some of our mixed couple friends gave their kids an English surname and a Korean surname. One being used in the home country of the western partner and the other in Korea.

Others yet put the Korean family name of the Korean spouse as the middle name.

[bindairdundat]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[bindairdundat]

[PatrickGHBusan]

Great another sock-troll. You guys are like roaches. Mods crush one and 4 come back through the cracks.

[BigBuds]

My son has a completely western name with my grandfathers name as his middle name.

My wife chose his first name and he has my family name.

He has both a Korean and an Australian passport with his western name in both. He doesn't have a Korean name.

[PatrickGHBusan]