[stockresearcher]

> The correct long term answer is that we have to have her name changed legally

Are you sure?

SSA has administrative offices that deal with data errors. Generally in a GSA high rise in a big city. NOT the offices where you go to get benefits.

Someone doing data entry for the SSA fat fingered some info about me back when I was born, and I only found out in the 2010s thanks to the IRS rejecting a tax filing (I had to pay a 50 cent late fee!!!).

Went in-person to their office in the Metcalfe Federal Building in Chicago and the lady spent a few minutes examining documents, typed on her computer for about 20 seconds, and that was that. All fixed.

[kstrauser]

No kidding? That'd be way better, if so. I'll check into that. Thanks for the suggestion!

[eftychis]

Yeah I think also this is the correct path to try first. Some mistakes like that can be fixed.