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Topic: Is it possible to find the father of an illegitimate child? (Read 631 times)
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Trees
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Your thread makes me realise how lucky I've been Grand dad grew up in a cottage Home but appeared on the 1901 census with his mother a widow and father who was literally "the lodger" He was registered in his name but entered the orphanagewith her name which he used from then on grt Gran never married Gt Granfather who skidadled leaving her to die in the workhouse infirmary and two children with no one to care for them. Then I also found a couple of Bastardy examinations in parish chests where the father has been named So I must be lucky 
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castlebob
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hello All,
I'm involved with a DNA Surname group, & if you have a male relative from the same source as the unknown father, then there is a chance.
Get this male relative to do a 37-marker test, (12-markers are virtually useless), & enter the DNA results with Y-search. Often you'll find there may be several matches with a particular name, eg you may find 10 results, of which, 8 are Armstrongs, 1 Jones, 1 Williams.
If you know you're whole family were from an area where Armstrongs were predominant, you may be able to use that knowledge as a starting point.
You could then look at Census returns: you may find a lad of that name living in your girl's village, & of similar age to your relation. If the other "candidates" weren't living close enough to be likely options, then you may be able to take a sensible guess at your lineage. Take a look at the likely father & see if the illeg child was named after him.
Some DNA results allow for a ball-park estimation of when your match was likely, ie a likely match within X years.
Like all things, a little luck is needed.
I have one case of an American with an adopted surname, who took a DNA test. Nearly every match was with Armstrongs. He followed that lead & found that his ancestor was an Armstrong by birth, & that this ancestor was orphaned during the American Civil War. Some neighbours took him in & raised him with their surname!
Good luck
Bob
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Armstrongs of Bedfordshire, England & Canonbie ,Scotland
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