John Sarkisian, to relinquish her. Georgia Holt, who ended up raising Cher as a single mother, was eventually able to retrieve her daughter after she secured the funds and met with a congressman.

In her new memoir Cher: The Memoir, Part One, which was released on Nov. 19, the 78-year-old music legend — who was born Cherilyn Sarkisian — recounts how she applied for a copy of her birth ...

Cher, who is worldwide famous for her four-letter name, was under the impression that she was born Cherilyn Sarkisian until her 30s, when she discovered a mistake on her birth certificate.

However, the Strong Enough singer was officially registered as Cheryl, and in 1979, she opted to shorten her name to just Cher, dropping the four surnames of her father, John Paul Sarkisian ...

Cher believed for over 30 years that her legal names is Cherilyn Sarkisian. However, she was shocked to discover her actual name after obtaining a copy of her birth certificate. Speaking about an ...