Can anyone help?

[linbob62]

Hi All I have been trying for weeks to trace my fathers mother, I have received an extract of her birth certificate. but does not give her date of birth, and this is where I am struggling, my father was born in 1930 at 24 mains loan ( which I have discovered was a poor hospital) or house and mother has listed address of ( domicile) as 13 Overgate Dundee, which was a poor house, she has also listed herself as a jute mill worker, i have joined ancestry and am awaiting results of DNA, I'm hoping that may trigger something, once uploaded, does anyone have any info as to where else i could look
her Name was Mary Lodge. my father was named Thomas Chalmers lodge
many thanks in advance

[Jebber]

Bumping this up in the hope OP will get a response.

[linbob62]

Thank you so much

[bevj]

Hello and welcome.
Have you got Thomas's birth certificate or Mary's?
Bev

[linbob62]

Hi yes I have my dads .I have attached it

[rosie17]

Hi and welcome to rootschat you say you have extract of the mothers birth certificate
Does it give a place where she was born and mothers name ? I can see your tree on Ancestry also another tree member who has a middle name for Mary McAllister Lodge ?

Not sure how accurate that is but there is a birth for a Mary McAllister Lodge 1903
Port Glasgow does the copy you have show a middle name ?

Rosie

[linbob62]

Hi the certificate is for my dad there is not much info on his mum . On the certificate. Just name  . And where she was living at the time. I don't think she kept him. I think she gave him up .

[linbob62]

I don't know where the mcalsiter has come from that appeared on my sisters tree.so my daughter has added it to hers but I cannot see a reason why they have added it with out proof

[CaroleW]

Was your father adopted or was he brought up by relatives?