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David | Report | 20 Dec 2006 14:21 |
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hi guys and girl got a prob come up ! seems i have some skeletons in cuboard lol . now i was busy reseaching my ancestors and along comes a long lost cousin who i not seen in 30 yrs who annouses that i have yet another brother ,and that this brother lives and works in the same city as me, well what you think to this The fella concerned has been working with me for past 20 yrs and we become v good mates!! well as you can imagine iwas stuned , i see him the other day and found yes he was doing his tree and had been searching out family ,but he just dont belive what i told him this cousin had passed on to me . The prob is theres not many left who might knowe the answers ,obb ive been lied to in passed and it feels like theres been a cover up opperation by my parents and family most of which have passed on , but now i got a bee in my bonnet to get to bottom of this mystery .seeing this has happened in only passed 50 yrs ,is there any way of finding this sort of information? and there one other thing that bugs me is on my birth cert it says under heading description of residence of father the words (by declaration of) anyone have any ideas what that means cheers dave |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 20 Dec 2006 14:31 |
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Can you trace his birth record? |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 20 Dec 2006 14:58 |
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David You don't say whether your parents were legally married at the time of your birth. The law states that the husband of a married woman is always the father of her children - unless her husband says differently. The father of the child who is not married to the mother, cannot be included on a birth certificate, unless he attends registration, or supplies a written, sworn statement (by declaration). This might happen if the father is in the armed forces and away, for instance, but who wants to be recognised as the father of the child. Does that help? You need to compare birth certificates - which don't always tell the truth, of course. A simple, reasonably cheap DNA test would decide whether or not you are closely related - same father, and/or same mother. Have you thought about what you are going to do with any findings? You may be opening a distressing can of worms for other members of your family. OC |
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Siobhan | Report | 20 Dec 2006 16:14 |
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good luck though x |
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ErikaH | Report | 20 Dec 2006 16:58 |
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If you haven't seen this cousin for so many years, you clearly can't know how reliable a person he/she is..............be cautious. Reg |
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