Natural or lawful birth record

[Rustypup]

        I've found a female birth entry saying natural daughter of the father, no
        mother mentioned. Other births on same document say lawful daughter,
        is there a difference? Is the natural one illegitimate?

          Rustypup

[fifer1947]

Natural children are normally illegitimate if father is named then it is likely the father has been brought before the parish or a marriage later followed.  Is this an OPR entry?

Lawful children are those with married parents whose status is recognised in law.

[Rustypup]

      Thanks fifer 1947

         It was an OPR record, the parents married 2 years after the birth.



         Rustypup