Change of Birth Record?

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Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 125 Send Message	Ian	Report	4 Feb 2010 22:15
	Hi, I wonder if anyone can explain how a child born under one name can have another birth record made after possible adoption in their new name. we think the mother remarried and the children have taken the new fathers names, however these children now have two birth records under different surnames
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	5 Feb 2010 00:00
	Can you list the details? Births can be reregistered to include the father's name. If the parents weren't married it's possible to see them listed under both surnames. Adoptions don't get entered as birth records. Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 125 Send Message	Ian	Report	6 Feb 2010 19:32
	Thanks very much, that is sort of what I expected. I am trying to track down a half sister for a friend who's mother left her when she was four years old. The mother had two further children with a new partner then when she remarried changed their names. I would just love to reunite the siblings again. Best wishes Ian