[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Was his birth certificate fake or was his named changed twice?

No, the current thinking is that he had the following progression of legal names:

1) 1961: Barack Hussein Obama [Jr or II]

2) circa 1965/1966: Barry Soetoro

3) circa 1970: Barry Dunham

4) circa early 1980's: Barack Hussein Obama II

There is a summary of the current working theory here:

Obama Citizenship Controversy - Did Obama Travel to Pakistan on an Indonesian Passport? A Summary.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2059717/posts

[RummyChick]

It doesn’t have to be a legal name to have to be disclosed when applying to be a lawyer in the applications I have looked at. I haven’t found the one for Illinois because the link was broken on the Court website.

I am sure one of you super sleuthers can find it.

You have to fill out a form so that they can check your moral character and names used is part of the disclosure.

[Jo Nuvark]

[... current thinking is that he had the following progression of legal names ...]

1) 1961: Barack Hussein Obama [Jr or II]
2) circa 1965/1966: Barry Soetoro
3) circa 1970: Barry Dunham
4) circa early 1980’s: Barack Hussein Obama II
5) Charlemaine
6) Jimmy Hoffa
7) Bigfoot
8) Nessie
9) Champ
10)Missing Link
11)D. B. Cooper

Barack Hussein Obama is the answer to all mysteries including
proof of evolution, the nature of life and the purpose of man.