All right. I will get to that, then.
While we are on these children, let's cover, if we might, your present wife's daughter.
What is her name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Her original name was Jeanne LeGon, the same as my wife's.

Mr. Jenner.

There is something indicating that her name was Elinor.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. Jeanne Elinor LeGon--middle name Elinor. My wife being an ex-dancer, she was a ballerina, had a tremendous admiration for Eleanor Powell, and named her daughter's middle name after Eleanor Powell. She was also an admirer of Eleanor Roosevelt, but that is beside the point.

Mr. Jenner.

Now----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She changed her name----

Mr. Jenner.

Your daughter did?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Her daughter changed her name from Jeanne to Christiana, not to be confused with her mother. And the name is hard to pronounce. She changed it legally, herself, to Christiana LeGon.
Later on, I understand she changed it to Christiana Bogoiavlensky--whatever I hear about it.

Mr. Jenner.

Is your daughter married--is Christiana married?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

To whom is she married?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She married Ragnar Kearton.

Mr. Jenner.

And who is Ragnar Kearton?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Ragnar Kearton is a young man from California, from San Diego, Calif., whose mother I know, and whose father I don't know, but I understand he is vice president of Lockheed Aircraft Corp. And Ragnar is a well educated fellow, went to London School of Economics, but never graduated. He is a freelance writer, painter. To make a living I understand he works for Lockheed for awhile, and also he buys yachts, repairs them, fixes them up, and sells them.
Lately they moved to Alaska, and have been living there.

Mr. Jenner.

What is----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Working for the Forestry Department.

Mr. Jenner.

In Alaska?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Is Christiana also known as Christiana Valentina?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That I don't know. Never heard that name.

Mr. Jenner.

After she married Kearton----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. They changed their name to--according to them--to make it known the fact that her father's name was Bogoiavlensky, and they do not want to deny the Russian heritage. So that she is very fond of her father, and she wanted his name to be incorporated in their name, and that was by mutual agreement.

Mr. Jenner.

Is it your understanding that your wife's former husband, Robert LeGon, married your present wife, and after they were married, they--his name was then Robert Bogoiavlensky?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It is my understanding.

Mr. Jenner.

And after they were married they changed their name to Le Gon?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I understand that when they came from China, they decided that the name was too difficult to pronounce, and they changed their name to Le Gon.
I have always known her as Jeanne LeGon, my wife. She is still carrying that name professionally. She is well known--she is a well known designer, she has a name practically as a trademark.

Mr. Jenner.

She met Mr. Bogoiavlensky in China?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. This is all hearsay, of course, because I was not particularly---

Mr. Jenner.

She will tell us first-hand tomorrow.

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