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Offline brian57

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« on: Monday 02 January 12 12:35 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know when someone in America is adopted, is their birth name, (ie father's surname), changed to the adoptive father's surname on the birth index.

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« Reply #1 on: Monday 02 January 12 12:43 GMT (UK) »
 Many thanks for your reply. The person was born 1960 in Texas

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 02 January 12 12:49 GMT (UK) »
Not sure what happened to my reply- but since the child was born in 1960 and adopted about 10 years later (?) then it's possible the original surname was kept.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!
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