After turning 18, he legally removed the hyphen and now feels no guilt despite his family being upset about it A teenager turned to the Reddit community for advice following years of conflict over a ...

My stepfather developed inoperable brain cancer and died. He has three daughters from previous marriages and two stepdaughters — my sister and me. He had said my mother should live in the house he ...

After years of resentment over a forced hyphenated name, a 17-year-old girl plans to legally reclaim her late father's surname, against her mother's wishes Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

On the journey of forming a blended family, one of the key pieces is the relationship between the stepfather and his partner's children. This bond, often invisible or underestimated, is crucial for ...

A stepfather charged with strangling his 15-year-old stepson to death earlier this year was freed without bail by a notoriously lenient Bronx judge on Wednesday — despite a request by prosecutors that ...

After being forced to take a hyphenated last name as a child, one teen sparked conflict by legally returning to his original name at 18 Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...