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There is one thing that confuses me. I keep seeing her referred to by her birth name, Alex/Alexis on some missing posters and throughout the internet. Did Aundria know this was her birth name and use it? She knew her birth story? If she didn't go by Alexis, why is it listed like it's an alias? Did her school friends, etc. call her this or is there any evidence she goes by this? I may have missed this being discussed somewhere, resulting in my confusion.
I spoke with the adopted mother (Brenda) in 2013, and asked her that question. She said that prior to the adoption, Alexis was in a foster home. When the Bowmans adopted her, the foster mother told Brenda that her birth name was Alexis. (The foster mother had her own name for her, which Brenda told me, but I don't remember that name). But Brenda said that she didn't know that Alexis' middle name was Miranda or that her last name was Badger.
Brenda says that at some point, she told Aundria that she was born in New Orleans and that her birth name was Alexis. But by all accounts, Aundria/Alexis did not know anything else about her birth family.
It is a strange coincidence though, that Alexis Miranda Badger and Aundria Michelle Bowman have the same initials (AMB).