Somehow, my iMac now recognizes my wife as the owner of this iMac instead of me.  How do I switch it back so it recognizes me as the owner?

Somehow, my iMac now recognizes my wife as the owner of this iMac instead of me.  How do I switch it back so it recognizes me as the owner?

When I first set up the imac, my identity was established as the registered owner and this was reflected in my Contacts App with a little icon next to my name and the word "ME" under my photo.  I set up seperate log ins for my wife and two kids.  Somehow we have done something to confuse the iMac as the 'Me" indicator now appears in the Contacts entry for my wife.  I suspect this is at the root of the mystery as to why, though iMessage keeps our indentities straight on the iMac, on my iPad it is my wife's picture that shows up in the conversation box and not mine when I use it to send a message.  The reciepient receives the message from me alright, but at my end it is my wife that appears to be speaking. 

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