Why did I wind up with two identities after transfer of files by Migration Assistant? How can I fix that?

At first I could not find my files after Migration Assistant completed a 45 hours transfer of files from my Macbook to my new iMac.  Then I realized that I had two identities on my new iMac.  What is the best way to correct this?  Do I have to start over and wait another 2 days for the migration?

I originally wanted to reinstall my info from the MacBook using Time Machine.  The iMac would not recognize the backups on my external hard drive.
I decided to use Migration Assistant to move from my MacBook to my new iMac.  After migration I tried to backup (bu) with Time Machine using the external disk I used for the MacBook.  The Time Machine said the bu (over 450 Gb) was too large for the disk.  I found this odd.  There seemed to be a much higher amount of data on my iMac than existed on my MacBook.  I bought a new 2Tb external.  I originally hooked it up to my Airport Extreme with a USB cable.  Time Machine said the bu would take over 36 hours.  This seemed rediculous.  I hooked up through USB directly to the iMac.  It said the bu would take over 18 hours.  Still rediculous.
After looking through things I discovered that Migration Assistant actually double copied all the data from my MacBook to my iMac.  There were two copies of every folder.  I deleted all the copies.  Now I am trying to deal with my sons old ID and getting Time machine to work properly. It appears there were some disk permission issues.  That my also relate to my sons ID.  I cannot find his ID anywhere on the iMac but App Store keeps asking my to log on using his ID.

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