This German Catholic was given/bapitized with one middle name at birth - Jayne, and then when I was confirmed I picked another one - Catherine. Although I think some people in my Confirmation Class just kept their middle name instead of taking another name.

As far as Suri not having a middle name, I don't think it's that big of a deal. Didn't Harry Truman only have a middle initial, and not a middle name, or is that just an urban legend? Besides, this kid has got such messed up parents, I think not having a middle name is going to be the least of her worries.

My parents didn't give any of their 3 kids a middle name. I had no problems growing up with no middle name / no middle initial.

Both my sister & I now use our maiden name as our middle names. And we all gave our children middle names... it's a parents' choice.

As for Suri's strawberry/birthmark - LOTS of kids are born with these & they do usually fade after a few years.

And, I don't know - call me weird, but I don't think it's 100% WRONG for a parent to cover it up with makeup for a major occasion like their own wedding. Daily basis, yeah, that's weird... but I don't think it's so wrong for them to try to cover it up for a wedding.

Her middle name should be Xenu!

No one said it was wrong to cover it up for a wedding. No one said it was wrong to cover it up on a daily basis. (Although, I almost feel it would be bad if they DIDN'T cover it up. I am sure the press would love to get a hold of shots of a less than perfect Suri.)

It was the first time I had noticed it. Just wanted to see if anyone else had seen what I had seen. She's a gorgeous child.

At the race I was in this morning, Joan Rivers (too much plastic surgery!) was the mistress of ceremonies. Right before the starting pistol was fired, she said, "Now, we should bow our heads for Tom and Katie, and that little Chinese baby that they adopted. The jig is up--she's not their kid!"

Well, someone is bitter about not having been invited to the wedding...:(

I think kdonline was responding to this post below, not your bringing it up.

Thanks.. you are correct. Not only do I not know how to quote multiple posts (on diff pages), but I also just started using IE7.

Isn't that what happens when a woman takes her husband's name as her new sur name? ;)

Perhaps she meant calling her "Kate" rather than "Katie"......because an alien creature told Tom Cruise in his sleep that it sonded less childish.

Although I hate that they cover it with makeup, people can be so awful about babies with parents who aren't famous - I can imagine how cruel people would be about the birthmark. A child I take care of has one, and many ignorant people have yelled at the parents for "beating their baby". So I don't really blame them much.

hey dude. we were just google stalking empress and this thread came up. went to high school with her. what's she up to? tell her to get her butt on myspace!

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If it's the same person, as of 2003 she was at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I graduated that year, and I pretty much went under the radar with the college friends after then, so I don't know where she's at. I can ask around, though.

ETA: According to this, she got married last March

I used to manage the University ID office and she'd always amaze my minions with her name.

I love Google stalking friends!