Hi solemheart and welcome,

OK I think that Castle would have been Martha's surname when she had Rick but Rogers would be her husband's surname as as he obviously didn't adopt Rick he kept Castle as his surname.

Paladin said:no body has brought up the possibility that "Rodgers" is a stage nmae for Martha. Particularly with rodgers being so well thought of on the stage i.e. Richard Rodgers. Come to think of it that may be why Rick is named Richard, in homage to Richard Rodgers.

True, but go back to what GreenyJess said:

"but then she is using that name [Rodgers] on 'MyFace.'   Since her old school friends are finding her, it MUST be her maiden name.  It's not likely a stage name for that reason, too.  It stands to reason that since she is an actress she would have kept her original name and not changed it throughout her marriages."

It really is a mystery… I'm curious if it'll be addressed this season

sarah_darling said:Maybe Castle's name is like a Tootsie Roll Pop… The world may never know. (P.S.: I'm refering to the older Tootsie Roll Pop commercials when the kid is trying to find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.)

Haha. I've seen those commericals! I love tootsie pops.

And yes, I dunno if we'll ever find out! :P

I think it will be interesting if the writers explore Castle and his feelings about his father. It appears in past episodes when his father is mentioned Castle & his mother have no idea who it is, or at least she is telling him this his entire life. I wonder what his feelings are about his father and if he will share this with Beckett in the future. Would be neat if the writers had a case about a father and son trying to ovwercome differences and one is murdered  and how this effects Castle wanting to know who his father was or try to find him, maybe he has and he comments on that or that he is upset with his Mom that she never let him know his father or that he would like to just act like he never existed. Could be some interesting storylines about his last name, or even Alexis wanting to know about her health history.

I think Castle not knowing who his father is adds so much to who he is today. (Just a quick thought to throw in!)

Actress27 said:

sarah_darling said:I think Castle not knowing who his father is adds so much to who he is today. (Just a quick thought to throw in!)

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I wonder if they would ever incorporate his father coming into the picture.

Hopefully one day, far into the future.

This is one little detail that's been annoying me, Castle's last name. I was very interesting to note, right after Suicide Squeeze aired, WriteRCastle tweeted Alexis Family tree, and Martha's maiden name is Rogers. But, when Montgomery was complimenting Castle, and saying he had to have some "cop" in his family tree, Castle answers, "No, the Castles are primarily charlatans and circus folk." (paraphrased.)

for sake of less confusion, he might have been referring to the Rogers clan as *the Castles*. But I would really love a little light shed on this topic.

QUOTE: Richard Rogers doesn't doesn't ring as well as Richard Castle.

No argument here! It could be. I'd like to know for sure though.

But if that were true, wouldn't Alexis be Alexis Rogers?  When an author uses a pen name, they still go by their real name.