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How do I find out if someone was adopted?

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Kerry

Kerry Report 21 May 2011 20:45

My Dad was adopted by his Uncle when he was around 3 or 4 and then it looks like his Mother married and had 2 more children. I have their births but then nothing, no marriage, deaths nothing. It's possible that neither could have married but it's also possible that they could have both gone into care and adopted and names changed. How would I find this out?? Is it even possible to find this out??

Kind Regards
Kerry

ElizabethK

ElizabethK Report 22 May 2011 12:27

Kerry

When do you think this happened ?

Formal adoption did not start until 1927 before that there will be no official records

Kerry

Kerry Report 23 May 2011 20:17

It was 1942 when my father was born, it looks like his birth mother married in 1944 and she had another child in 45 then one in 50 (if my searches are correct)

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 23 May 2011 20:36

Have you looked for their names in Search Trees section?

Born at that time, it is quite possible that they haven't married or died, so no GRO trail.
Have you tried a Google search of their name?

If any of the children were formally adopted, then their birth certificate should have a note to that effect, in the far right-hand column of the certificate.
If the mother remarried, there is a chance that her children took on a stepfather's surname.

Gwyn