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In Williamson County, where having a D next to one’s name is a scarlet letter of sorts, most of the primary action has been on the Republican side.

The Doctors Doctor On Demand; whether the trait of clumsiness is tied to one’s name; stopping digital drain.

Any red flags—from poor eye contact and repetitive behaviors to failing to respond to one’s name—surfaced only in the second year, or sometimes even later.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, asserts that nations must “respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity,” a requirement that extends to one’s name and family relationships.

The incredible decision to uproot oneself—to say goodbye to home and family, travel hundreds or thousands of miles into the unknown, and risk ruin and death with hardly a naira or West African franc to one’s name—didn’t always answer to facts.