I think the term you're looking for is
"Base Born"
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay Fordham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Children out of Wedlock
Richard:
My U.S. birth certificate states that I am illegitimate. My parents were
not married, and my mother was told she could not list my birth father
even though he admitted paternity (South Dakota). That was some time ago.
I have seen a great many birth certificates (California and Iowa) of more
recent origin where parents were not married -- there is no mention of
marital status. They simply show the birth mother and birth father and
other pertinent information. No status is assigned to the child. Perhaps
not all states in the U.S. have the same rules, however. The bottom line
is that I am legitimate whether or not my parents' liaison was :).
Kay
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Hallford
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Children out of Wedlock
Allen, re your subject, I have several children in my family tree of the
same situation. As the core of my relations are British, I can tell you
that on the official birth certs they are marked "Illegitimate" I know
that this may be now an out of date use of language given modern families,
but it was a word current for its time. Perhaps we need to live with the
change in use of words, in context with the relevant current values around
the time of birth. Im not sure what the official word for a child out of
wedlock is right now. Perhaps some other reader can assist.
Richard.
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