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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 11:20 am
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nachtnebel
 
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Originally Posted by drewguy
My daughter has been asked her name at the BOS checkpoint since she was about 3 or 4. Recently they started asking where she is going as well. I have not experienced that at other airports with her. She has the same last name as my wife and me, so no real reason to be suspicious of her separately.
If they weren't epsilon morons they should be able to see the family resemblance without asking.

I remember driving across the border into the US from Vancouver a number of years ago, where a kindly old border patrol fellow looked us over quickly, looked at my docs and let us through. I asked him if he needed docs for my kids. "No, they're all blond like you folks and pretty much look like you and your wife...."
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