From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Mar 6 07:56:56 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k26Euujb002082; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:56:56 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26EuuQH016447 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:56:56 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k26CQsFI024744 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:26:54 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k26CQskB024743 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:26:54 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k266RfFI023584 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:27:41 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k268vVsO017038 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:57:31 -0700 X-Envelope-From: martinfamilytree@gmail.com Mon Mar 6 01:57:31 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k268vVjb017029 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:57:31 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.204]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k268vUq5012659 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:57:31 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so1092351wra for ; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:57:31 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jLYQ6ZBA4pyfx7Yqz9loeec/8BGxaOJPPto3cGQdHcI5DaC1wNnozhFovtr7KpmsCuPA0HddgK8iRF/aVinc4dQTGMoRX3md0CQKDcmAUVR07FrBe1XdGhM/KofTO+LmEZfUjynvpMFCHHGFWBOpdtBw+4IQFrzt8gwUJdHehbA= Received: by 10.64.209.2 with SMTP id h2mr2441849qbg; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:57:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.191.12 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:57:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:57:30 -0600 From: "ctm 007" To: "BHold1@aol.com" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Legal and Birth Father Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k268vVjb017029 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Hi Bettye, Tell the children so they can get copies of the original birth certificates. Carl On 3/5/06, BHold1@aol.com wrote: > > Previous message: > < Birth certificate reads the Husbands name, but if you follow that line then > you > loose the true lines of the child. Example: John Doe and Mary Doe are the > married couple. Mary has an affair resulting in the illegitimate child. Name > on > birth certificate is Doe. In later years both the mother and Birth father > tell > the child the truth but never alter the birth certificate. So do you note on > the child who the legal father is and do the search on the birth fathers > line. Boy what a can of worms this has presented.>> > > My daughters in Texas were born to their father and I, while we were > married. We divorced and they were adopted by my second husband. I didn't > realize that when he adopted them, their official birth registration would be > changed! My second husband was legally married to someone else when they were > born. What a mess! It cannot be changed back despite the fact that the second > husband and I later divorced. Both of them later legally changed their > surname a third time by taking my maiden name. I just made a note about all of > this, mentioning the years in which they were known by each surname. Four > surnames and they have only been married once! > Your situation is the same, but a little different. Just explain it in > your notes. > P. S. The child isn't illegitimate because his/her mother was married when > he/she was born. > Bettye > > > > > > > >