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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Illegitimate birth 1800s Hampshire
« on: Sunday 17 March 24 08:33 GMT (UK) »
The only real chance of a document naming anyone would be in the case of an unmarried mother applying to a court in order to receive maintenance payments for the child. Even with such a document it's only evidence of who the father is said to be (the same is true of a birth certificate).
DNA is the only way to prove who the father is but success depends on who has tested, I've proved a wrong father's name on a cert with half a dozen matches can't work out which ancestor I share with a group of 50 people that link to me.
DNA is the only way to prove who the father is but success depends on who has tested, I've proved a wrong father's name on a cert with half a dozen matches can't work out which ancestor I share with a group of 50 people that link to me.