One account with two folders on the hard drive

Sorry but i think this is a very basic question.
I have one user (the administrator), but on the hard drive there are two folders. One named Peter and the other named Dad. I have all of my files in the folder named Peter. I seem to be logged in to the Dad folder. The desktop has nothing on it but in the Peter folder there are many items. Same with the music folder, and there is nothing in iTunes.
Thanks
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Check to see whether your account is listed as the owner of both folders in the Ownership & Permissions section of the Get Info window, which is available by control-clicking the folder; if so, open the NetInfo Manager in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder, click the padlock, and type in your password. Next, locate the home property for your user account and change the instance of Dad to Peter in it without changing or deleting any other accounts, groups, or properties. Log out and log back in.
The contents of the Users folder do not indicate which accounts are present on the machine; this folder is the default location for the home folders associated with accounts you've created. It is possible to have a folder inside Users without a corresponding account, and you can have an account on the machine without its home folder being in Users; this applies to system-level accounts by default, but you can set it up for your account or other accounts you've created in the NetInfo Manager.
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