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
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:11 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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:ldlee...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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, 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
>
>
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