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VIRGINIA IRONSIDE

Confused granddaughter

Q My granddaughter of 15 has decided she was born into the wrong body and is now insisting everyone call her Michael, instead of Vanessa, which is how we've known her ever since she was born.

I find all this ridiculous and so does her grandfather. She has now declared that unless we call her Michael, she's not going to come round to see us – and the idea really has destroyed us because we love her

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