Martin was the maiden name of my first step-mother. We did not get along and when I moved from my father’s house at age 8, she told me that I would never be allowed to move back. When my father met her, her married last name was McCowan.
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Martin was the maiden name of my first step-mother. We did not get along and when I moved from my father’s house at age 8, she told me that I would never be allowed to move back. When my father met her, her married last name was McCowan.