dnyal

Well, thank you both for your replies! I was a bit worried.

It is in quotation marks because, as many on this forum, I immigrated to the U.S. through marriage. However, in my country of origin, there is no name change after marriage, so my maiden name there is still my legal name on my foreign passport and IDs and the name that my family used to fill out their DS-160 for a B visa. By family, I mean my sister and mother. They used my foreign legal name in the fields where the form asks if they have any relatives here in the U.S., the person paying for their trip, and their point of contact. Will this create any issues for them? Honestly, I never told them I changed my name here in America because of marriage, since I still use my “maiden” name quite a lot. Thanks!

That’s not precisely true in law. What you’re talking about is what the Code calls a “natural” parent. Adopted people have mothers who didn’t give birth to them. Legally, your mother is whoever is listed in your birth certificate/registry/adoption papers. You can see here and here the different definitions for “mother” that USCIS applies.