Dia Mirza Quotes

If a man adopt a child and to his name as son, and rear him, this grown son can not be demanded back again.

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

For any pregnancy that happens out of marriage, the baby will be attributed to his mother and be considered as fatherless. He will carry his mother's family name. His only legitimate relatives will be those from his mother's side…. There is no relationship between the biological father and his illegitimate children. If he has other children, they will not be considered the brothers and sisters of his illegitimate child. …. In other legal matters, such as custody, inheritance and financial liability, the biological father and his family are total strangers to the child.

I see myself as having three families: my birth family, the family that raised me, and my Cree family, who I was reunited with in my late teens, so I consider myself to be lucky.

I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, "No, I'm a Pacino. That's my name." I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she's adjusted so marvelously.

Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father.

I'll always be best known as Marie Osmond, but in my checking account and at home, I will gladly be Marie Craig.

I am now known as Nina Conti's father and it's wonderful.

I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. What a great honor.

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

When I was growing up, we had a bungalow in New Jersey which we visited in the summers. Everybody in that small community was named Feldman and was either an aunt or cousin of mine. I just found it comfortable to use the name Feldman.

Women just weren't made to bear children to give them away.

I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children.

It's Frederick Dierks Bentley, but my whole family goes by their middle name - my sister, my brother. So from day one, I've always been called Dierks.

When we walked out of that hospital, we had a birth certificate with our names on it that said: 'Father one and father two, Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black.' And we knew our son was not only ours in our hearts but also legally and protected that way.

My birth name is Ned Mencia.

I'm a bit of a tomboy, but then a girly girl. And I feel like you can be both.

I don't consider myself part of the Kennedy family. It's almost like a little point of honor. I'm a DiFalco at the end of the day. An Italian-American from upstate New York.

I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.

It's funny, for so long I hated my last name.

My adoptive mother always wanted to meet my biological mother.

It's always been, whether at school or now, that I am Pippa and Catherine's little brother.

I do want to carry on my dad's legacy, but I also want to carve out my own path. I have to work harder, I think, just because I do have that last name. I don't want people to think that's why I am where I am in this industry. I put in the time, and I want to be just as good as my dad was.

Sometimes 'Frances' can be about finding the missing piece, trying to look for biological family as opposed to maybe realizing your family is whoever is around you at the time.