« Reply #8 on: Monday 14 May 18 19:18 BST (UK) »
My maternal great great grandmother who married her husband 1 month after 'their' first child ( my great grandfather) was born.
He was registered as their son, baptised as their son, lived with them until he was 11 months old, 'they' named him the given & surname of great great grandmothers brother in law plus added their own surname.
When child number two arrived he went to live with his maternal grandparents by the age of 10yr he was using his mothers maiden name and by the age of 20yrs he was using his 'middle' name ( which was the surname of his 'uncle')
Birth and baptism records & 1st census state who his parents are but I am not convinced his named father is his real father and I think he knew/found out he wasn't. He married twice and lied both both on 1st marriage he wrote his grandfather as his father on his 2nd marriage he wrote his mothers brother.
Great grandfather was parish clerk and ALL mention of his aunt in PRs are ink spotted/page torn/ water rubbed so you can't see her name at all I only found her via BTs ( which great grandfather didn't have access to)and when I found out she had left the area and the name of who she married it all made sense....
I never felt 'related' when researching his recorded fathers family they just didn't seem to be 'mine' however once I found his aunt and uncle and started researching him, he 'felt' like 'mine' not that I 'wanted' him as he was a rogue who ended up in prison.
Then I made contact with someone related to him and it shocked me how much he looked like my uncle, my grandfather and the photo of my great grandfather.
So it would be nice to ask great great grandmother who her first born father really was as I can then have one paternal line of ancestry from him and not the two I have.
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