Babies born at home in 1920s

[alilaw59]

I am aware of a baby was born at home in the 1920s and the parents decided to give the baby to a family member to take care of permanently. The aunt who became 'mum' then registered the baby as her own at a point a few weeks later. Is there any way of finding out the true descendency of the baby in question - would there be any other paperwork anywhere?. Am I at the end of the line?

[Spidermonkey]

Are you certain as to the identity of the aunt that the baby went to?  And are we talking in England or Wales?  Or somewhere else?

If it was in England and Wales, you might be able to find the aunt on the 1939 register - potentially the child would still be with the aunt and you might be able to work out any name changes that had happened.  If the baby isn't with the aunt there, but you have located the aunt you could then use electoral rolls to track the aunt's movements.  The baby might (when it was of voting age!) appear on the electoral roll with the aunt.

As soon as you have identified any name change, you should be able to track the baby forwards.

Or did you mean going the other way and finding the parentage of the baby?

[Milliepede]

Is there any way of finding out the true descendency of the baby in question

From the Aunt if she was the sister of the babies mother or father. 

Again that's going backwards and you might mean the other direction 

[MonicaL]

Hi alilaw59

Welcome to RootsChat 

In respect of there being any paperwork, highly unlikely from what you described. In England and Wales adoption first became legal in 1926, while in Northern Ireland it was 1929 and in Scotland it was 1930.

The aunt you say registered the baby as her own some weeks after the birth? Does that me you know the name the baby was registered under and location?

Monica

[alilaw59]

so it appears that the baby was given away to the aunt who then registered the baby as her own (with a different surname) and now we can't find any original records of the birth - would there be any and how would we find out. The aunt disclosed nothing until she was on her death bed and has left her 'daughter' with so many questions unanswered and not knowing what actually happened, what her actual birth date was, where she really came from and why it all happened. Other children were kept by the real mother. The real mother and father have also died. Is there any way of finding out about the real birth? Ancestry is only showing the birth registration that the aunt did with her.

[alilaw59]

sorry just to add, it is England and yes we do know the name the baby was registered under by the aunt who was the real mother's sister.

[MonicaL]

You mentioned that the aunt registered the baby's birth under her own name? If so, sounds like there was no prior registration of the actual birth by the birth mother/parents. Is this what you are looking for now, a prior registration of her birth by her actual parents?

Monica

[alilaw59]

yes, would just like to find out the absolute date she was born - she has lived with deception all of her life and not known.

[MonicaL]

This must be so hard for her 

Assuming mother gave birth to her at home rather than a hospital and therefore no alternative official records that could be checked? Added: Sorry, daft question given the title to your thread 

I am sure you have have checked the birth index at the GRO with the birth parents' surnames etc and not been able to find anything there?

Monica