would i be considered an adopted kid..........my parents werent married when i was born....so on my birth certifacate, i went under my moms maiden name...and when i had to start school, for me to have my dads last name, he adopted me......i didnt find this out till both my parents died and i was going through paper work....funny for awhile it pissed me off.......and still to this day if someone calls me a bastard, its fighting words