Contact correcting itself? One-name contacts?

Hi -
I'm having a bizarre issue. I have my dad's info in address book listed under "Dad". His name is Allen Hollister, but I do not put that in my contact. Just Dad. No last name. It syncs fine with .Mac and my iPhone as Dad, but for some reason, every few syncs it changes itself to "Dad Hollister" on all devices. I have no idea why this is, since neither "Dad Hollister" or even "Allen Hollister" are contacts on any of my 3 devices.
So here's a question/theory - does Mail.app correct Address Book contacts if it receives an email from a contact? For example, under the "Dad" contact I have his email address, but when he sends me email from that address, it shows up in Mail.app as being from "Allen Hollister." Could Mail.app be correcting my entry from Dad to Dad Hollister when it sees the difference?

Could Mail.app be correcting my entry from Dad to Dad Hollister when it sees the difference?
That's exactly what is happening, as Mail and Address Book communicate with each other to keep contacts up to date based on the emails you send and receive. So even if you don't have a contact with a first or last name entered, when you receive an email from that person with their name in it, Address Book will correct the contact name entry based on that.
Mulder

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