Why do I get txt from my email address

MMy son and I share an email for our iPhone 5c when he txt me I someti get 2 one from my email address and one from my number but not from his.  People have told me when I send a message it sometimes shows up as my email also and ask me who I am cause they dnt have it in their contacts.  Why is this happening.  Have had our phones for a year almost and this is just not happening in the last 2 weeks.

Look at Settings>Messages>Send and Receive From  ...On his iPhone click on your email address so that the check mark goes away.  Do the same on your iPhone to uncheck his email.  You apparently also share an Apple ID.

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