My grandmother born in 1933 was an illegitimate child. Her mother never told her who her father was and it was a well kept secret. My grandmother ended up being looked after by her aunt and then in Nazareth House Children's Home in Derry. She mentioned to someone once that her father was an American. I don't know where she heard this or if it was plain fantasy to take away from the fact she was unloved and unwanted. Either way. She never found out and I would like to try but there is no father named on the birth certificate. Is there any other way to find out the fathers name or should I just accept it's going to be a mystery that will forever remain unsolved?
Hi, this is quite bizarre but I'm in the exact same situation, my granny born in 1935 to an un wed mother in Donegal called Mary Doherty, unknown father (given up on finding out about him a long time ago) raised in Nazareth House, Derry, from birth until eighteen, I've been trying to find out about her background and where she came from for years. I'm sure they must have crossed paths at some point. Her full name was Anne Patricia Doherty but i recently was told she was called 'shelia' and didn't find out her real name until she left, i don't know if that's true or not. Nazareth house also ignored my messages. I know in clutching at straws but this is the closest i have come to finding anything, my gran died in 2002, I'm tring not to let her history die with her, as where all aging i think soon there will be no history to find. I hope your search went well, I'm still on mine.
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