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AN OPEN LETTER FROM MADONNA AN OPEN LETTER FROM MADONNA
10/17/2006
Madonna has decided to give her adopted son husband Guy Ritchie's surname.
Malawian baby David will keep his full surname Banda Mwale as his middle names, and will also take his new mother's maiden name Ciccone as a third middle name. Madonna,, made the decision out of respect for David's family heritage, but also to welcome into her own family.
David's father Yohane returned to his work spraying potato crops, for which he earns 54 pence a day. Speaking from crop fields in blistering temperatures, Yohane said: "I'm not really missing David because we have agreed with Madonna that he will visit us here in three or four years time."
"I am not asking for anything from Madonna, but when David grows up and is brought here and sees our poverty, he will certainly ask his mum to help.' It was unclear why Madonna-who could see their abject poverty up close, to the point where children are given away, wasn't helping now."