{"id":2554,"date":"2025-09-05T18:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:34:20","slug":"ciara-legally-adds-wilson-to-sons-name-honoring-stepfather-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2554","title":{"rendered":"Ciara Legally Adds \u2018Wilson\u2019 to Son\u2019s Name, Honoring Stepfather Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A Subtle Yet Meaningful Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singer Ciara, who shares custody of her son Future Zahir with rapper Future, has quietly made a meaningful update to his legal name. Russell Wilson\u2019s surname has been officially added\u2014so while Future still retains his original last name, Wilburn, he now also carries the Wilson name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Behind the Decision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the change took place years ago, it wasn\u2019t public until Russell referenced it in a now-viral U.S. Open family photo, captioned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMrs. @ciara Wilson, Future Wilson &amp; Sienna Wilson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to TMZ, Ciara filed a petition in 2019 to change Future\u2019s surname to Russell Wilson\u2019s\u2014though that initial request was denied. Nonetheless, she later successfully added Wilson alongside Wilburn, without opting for full adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Symbol of Family Unity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move reflects deep family bonds. Russell has long embraced the fatherhood role\u2014referring to his stepson as one of his children and publicly expressing his love and responsibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2845.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2845.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2845-200x150.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Subtle Yet Meaningful Change Singer Ciara, who shares custody of her son Future Zahir with rapper Future, has quietly made a meaningful update to his legal name. Russell Wilson\u2019s surname has been officially added\u2014so while Future still retains his original last name, Wilburn, he now also carries the Wilson name. Behind the Decision Though&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,52],"tags":[1425,1429,1428,1426,1427],"class_list":["post-2554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-trending-now","tag-celebrity-family-update","tag-ciara-russell-wilson-news","tag-ciara-son-name-change","tag-future-zahir-name-added-wilson","tag-russell-wilson-stepson-surname"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554\/revisions\/2557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}