"dxAce" wrote in message
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One can sign pretty much as they want. My signature is just DEFG.

But you said earlier that your legal name was David Eduardo Gleason
Frackelton.
Are you now saying that it's David Eduardo Frackelton Gleason (DEFG)?

In Hispanic culture, it is paternal followed by maternal. In English
culture, it is paterna at the end, and, usually, a middle name. Since my
middle name is also my maternal surname, I use it in the PROPER order
depending on the contest.

Here's the quote with my comments in brackets:

"I am David Eduardo. And that is followed by my paternal [Gleason]
and maternal [Frackelton] surnames, just as on my passport, driver license
and
even Cedula de Identidad from Ecuador."

All four names, two given and two surnames, are on all my documents.
Depending on the situation, I use the proper order of the surnames. Just, as
I said, an Asian may put his family name last when in western nations, but
use it first in Asia. They are still the same names, just put in the proper
order for each location.

For a supposed international DXer, you seem to have no clue on how names
vary in different nations.