My longtime friend Beryl in Hawaii just texted me and said Beautiful child. Wow I'm learning all kinds of "stuff" about you. Where did the Hamilton name come from?

I told her that my dad was Eugene Thomas Riza, a young Navy guy that married my mom right after WW2 ended. They had my brother and I, got divorced, and she married a guy named Paul Hamilton. My legal name shifted from Leigh James Riza to James Leigh Hamilton, that's what's on my SS. Somewhere along the way, it simply became Jim Hamilton.

I remember Paul driving me to the Social Security office down in Southern California when I was a kid. He was claiming me as his own, which I respect.

And now the name Leigh has made it's way to my new grand-daughter. Wow...