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My Fathers Father
« on: Wednesday 25 December 19 11:17 GMT (UK) »
Good morning.
Please could anyone help me find who my fathers father was.He is 81 now and desperate to find out as there was no father on his birth certificate.
He believes it may have been the man who became his step father in later life when his mother remarried after her first husbands death.
I am trying to find anyone who was related to Frederick Atherton who married my fathers Mother .He had children from his first marriage who are called Removed I believe.
I Think they would be in their 50s now and the daughter probably a differant surname.
I would love to find out my Fathers real Father as he was brought up as Brian Lawson.The surname belonged to his Brothers and sisters Father who died before he was born but none of them would say he who is real father was or denied knowing.He was the youngest of 13.
I hope someone can help.
Thankyou
Mark

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Re: My Fathers Father
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 11:26 GMT (UK) »
We do not a a matter of site policy "do" anything with the still-living.

It's going to ge difficult to advise how to take it further without some geography.

Merry Christmas,  Pauline



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Re: My Fathers Father
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 11:34 GMT (UK) »
If a paper trail isn't possible due to no father's name on a birth cert. have you thought of DNA analysis for your father. Ancestry have a special offer on and I expect others have as well, that will hopefully lead to the right family.

Merry Christmas and I hope you find out soon who your grandfather was. :)
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Re: My Fathers Father
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 11:43 GMT (UK) »
I Have just had his DNA results back and it showed 2 possible 1st cousins twice removed and then lots of possible 3rd 4th cousins.
He came back mostly english but 23% scandanavian and also 3% italian.
Not sure if that will help though.


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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 12:21 GMT (UK) »
Contact the first cousins you may strike lucky.

I had this happen this year.

On my DNA site a person came on as a distant cousin linking with myself and 4 others, all proven to be on my paternal branch. I wrote to the person welcoming them to the family. They wrote back stating they didn't understand. I wrote explaining about the 5 of us and that we were all related to the children of my 3rd gt grandparents, where and when born and stating she must belong to another child as she was equidistant to all of us. Reply was I don't understand. The person thought  parents ancestors were mid European not British. I left it there as I felt something was wrong.

Six months later the person sent me a message and asked for help, through DNA they'd found a half sister known to them as a friend, also a half brother and a female 1st cousin, all in the same state in USA.

From the cousin the person was given the name of the lady's British grandfather. I was given the name and found his mother's maiden name was the same as mine and I even had mother on my tree. Mother's gt grandparent were my 3rd gt grandparents via one of their sons.

I was able to, in a couple of hours, give the person their family branch, dates, areas born and lived and occupations of ancestors. I am from that area so added a potted history of the area. She was very grateful to have everything sorted so quickly.

Remember it was the first cousin naming her grandfather (who turned out to be the person's father) that was the important fact, I just copied from my tree.

If you are lucky you may already have a first cousin of your father whose (gt) grandfather was your father's father.

If it's not you may need to be patient.  :)
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Re: My Fathers Father
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 14:06 GMT (UK) »
I have four separate cases where children were born to a couple before they married - so, not too unusual! Good luck..

...Pall
WESTMORLAND/LANCASHIRE
Heap, Armer, McNamara, Nelson
ESSEX/NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Humphrey, Potton, Snow