Genealogy Chat

I was born in 1963, my parents were not married...

When my mum registered my birth she was asked if she was married, and when she said no, that was that! She wasn’t asked if she wanted the father entered, I know that could have been done, but actually he was still married to his first wife at the time. Ahem! But we wont talk about that ;) They subsequently married and had my three sisters. I knew all this but I’ve always had a short birth cert, I ordered a full one last year and it wasn’t nice seeing a line drawn through where my dad’s name should have been. I have finally got around to emailing the GRO and asked if it was still possible to be re-registered, at the grand old age of 42, my parents having married 3yrs after I was born…but are now divorced. Yes, no problem. So I have a form for my dad to fill in, to claim me as his very own, although he says he’s quite happy to come to the register office with my mum & me anyway. There is no charge for this, but I will obviously want a copy of my new birth certificate. This then replaces the old one, and no one else get's to see that. I wonder what will be made of that in the future, if a descendant of mine orders my birth certificate :) So YAY!! I will be legitimate at last Mmmm…. Shall I have a party?

Party? YES!!!! Maybe she couldn't enter his name if he wasn't with her at the reg office?? Dads not married to the mum had to attend to have their name on the cert. You are lucky that you are not in my hubby's position...His mum entered the name of her husband as my hubby's father, but she hadn't seen him for over a year (lol). Later she was divorced and married my hubby's dad. She would not hear of ''confessing'' to her lie at the reg office, so nothing was done. Sixty years on my mother-in-law died and now hubby and his dad are trying to get things put right. So far, they have had to have a DNA test (£443) and next they will have to go to court to swear the truth etc etc. No simple form filling for them! The funny thing is, the court keep thinking we are doing this because of something to do with the Child Support Agency (CSA) and hubby keeps having to say, ''No, I'm 60 and my father is 88 years!!'' lol Have a great party!!! Sarah

Great story Sarah :) I hope it all works out Sam

Awwwwwww Sam, that's just great. I didn't realise this could be done. It pays to ask doesn't it. Never say Never! :) Regards Ann x

hi my mum was born in 1922, my grandparents were not married, he was married to someone else with 6 children!(i now do his side of my tree with his other granddaughter in oz) anyway mum was registered as mothers maiden name, then reregistered 6 years later in fathers name, so now she has two birth registrations, foxed me a bit, untill i found out story, odd thing is mum did,nt know she was registered in her mothers maiden name, very secretive in those days marcie

I was re-registered when I was seventeen as my Mum and Dad got married 2 days before my sixteenth birthday after being together for seventeen years! My Mum and Dad were also married to different people at the time (their partners went off with other people) but had both their names on my cert (my Mum's married name though). I thought it might be a bit confusing if my descendants start the family tree (if mine gets destroyed). Pippa

Can I point out that you can infact get the original birth certificate even though someone has been re registered. I sent for my husbands, brothers and after waiting about a month was sent his original.

Thanks for this thread. My son was registered in my name in 1993 with hubby's name on cert as father (we weren't married then)and again in 1997 in hubby's surname name, but I have just noticed on Ancestry, there are 4 entries for him. 2 for 1993, one in my name and one in hubby's same ref numbers and 2 for 1997 in hubby's surname again same ref. I wonder why, especially the one in 1993. E x

Thanks for your replies eveyone Snap Elaine, there are 4 for our son also, I registered him in 1990 when he was born, then re-registered him in 1993 after we married. I don't know why he's there 4 times either! GRO say that when I have been re-registered that any future requests for my birth cert will only be issued with the new cert. My dad said yesterday that he wants to pay for the new birth certificate (it doesn't cost anything to re-register) as he should have paid for it 42yrs ago... BLESS 'IM! Sam Hi Ann...thanks ;)

Yours is a lovely story Sam. All the very best to you and your family. And....all the best people were born in 1963!! Suzy

You should have a 'born again Sammy' party,as you were too young to enjoy your last one lol good luck Marion