Since you do know who your biological father was, I would definitely make a relationship between your mother and he (mark them as “this couple did not marry”) and then attach yourself to them. Your last name won’t match your biological father but that is okay. You can also attach yourself to your mother and her husband. You can explain everything in the notes (mark it private if you want to so that other people can’t read about it if you share your info).
I am assuming you would want to research your biological family tree so you really must put him in there. Michele From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] I had 1 father and a different sire. Thank you all for your kind assistance in helping me to resolve my quandary. I believe however that my quandary requires further clarification. I know the name of the man who sired me. He was neither father nor parent to me, that relationship was strictly biological. The man who was both parent and father to me was married to my mother before I was born, thus he did not need to adopt me and was my father in every legal sense of the relationship, just not a biological relationship. He was the biological father and parent of my 3 younger siblings. Lest you think he was without his shortcomings, he left us when I was 9 years old leaving my mother to singlehandedly raise the four of us. But that was a very difficult and hard time so who can fairly assess what demons drove that man to abandon his family. So with all that further happy information, do you have any additional thoughts? With appreciation, Charles From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] I had 1 father and a different sire. Most, if not all states take the man's word as accurate, because the state needs somone to pay child support for any 'abandoned' children. Money talks. Rich in LA CA From: Michele Lewis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:06 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] I had 1 father and a different sire. Larry, you asked, " Legally does the listing of a Father on the Birth Certificate indicate proof of fact as to the sire? I don't think so. Does anyone know if this is true?" Believe it or not, it depends on the state. You will need to dig into the state laws of the state you were born in. Some states take whoever is on the birth certificate as an absolute. Michele -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] I had 1 father and a different sire. This relationship is almost identical to my own. According to an offhand comment from one of my two half-brothers I am not certain who my bio father is. The man I have always known as my father since birth, who I have always called Dad, is named as the father on my birth certificate. I have listed them the same way as described here with notes to the uncertainty and the fathers surname as unknown. The name of the father on the birth certificate (in 1947, MO) would only be that offered by my mother, correct? I believe she developed a relationship with Dad while pregnant, as they married one year after I was born, following his divorce from his first wife. No mention of my birth situation was ever made to me during their lifetimes (both now deceased.) Legally does the listing of a Father on the Birth Certificate indicate proof of fact as to the sire? I don't think so. Does anyone know if this is true? Larry On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > My mother had a relationship with a man that she was not permitted to marry. > She was forced to marry a man who wanted to marry my aunt but was > encouraged to marry my pregnant mother, I was the result of that > pregnancy I have not been able to figure out how best to record this > Any guidance that you can give me would be very much appreciated > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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