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until 1878 the registry of births was optional round here

I have one "ancestor" who is most probably not a true ancestor at all. But he took the woman in and married her and brought up the child (my gr grandma) as his own, so I owe him - big time. (And he could be the daddy - but no real explanation for not marrying her straight away in that case ...)

I think you're right in that they are still "family" in the true sense of the word. After all, there must be plenty of people not following a bloodline because of the behaviour of one of the wives in their tree so, fundamentally, does it really matter?

Anyway, let me know if you do need lookups and chin up!

Jill

You're right Joy - but my grandfather and his five "known" siblings were not registered and only two of them baptised. Plus, I have never found a possible marriage for the parents. All children born between 1874 and 1894.

Jill

they might of been baptized in a different area
maybe the parish the wife came from

or ther grand parents always worth a look

I think my great grandfather and his siblings were RC so I've not yet got any baptisms. The children were born between 1860 and 1879/80 and none of them are registered:( The parents married in 1861 though. My great grandmother was baptised and registered but despite her parents cohabiting for 47 years there ain't a marriage and I can't find baptisms for either of her parents and they're not registered although they both have a couple of siblings baptised - maybe one day:)

I have been lucky with marriages on the London records, but the ones I am after now are just outside the area ..

here's a question, they say that sons are always taller than their mothers... are they also taller than their fathers?

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I'm taller than both my parents Rose...........*starts to doubt parentage*.

Maybe dad wasn't joking about the milkman after all. lol

:o))

Im about to log off

Rose if this is the look up from last night did you not see my last post.....I don't think he was registered under his MMN


My Son will be taller than his dad, but then saying that so am i lolol

Julie , I did see thankyou I have sent off for the cert for Edward F Kensington... and hope it may be the right one & the parents marriage cert...will let you know what it says! if not I will go with the Collins certs and cross fingers lol

Thanks again xx

Steve, it was on QI that if you have ears with large lobes and your father doesn't...it could be the milkman lol... ( if Stephen Fry says it , it must be true? lol)

Phew....i thought you did the other one

Keeping fingers crossed it's the right one
xx

My son is taller than me - by a long way! But also taller than his father.

But then, his father and I were born in the 1950s and were maybe shorter and more wiry than kids today? Son was born late 1970s and can't have inherited a tall gene from either family so maybe it's just a nutrition thing?

LOL

Jill

Jill my son is going to be taller than me soon.... his father was 6 ft odd....my brother is 6'1 ish...but his son is close to 6'5 !...my maternal grandfather and his brothers were all 6'3 / 6'5...

why oh why did I have to take after the other side lol 5'6 at a stretch

**tuts** Rose, 5'6 is tall in my opinion.....some people are just so ungrateful ;)

Uggers, have you checked Gretna Green marriages just in case?

lol SRS but you are a sylph like young thing :) if I was taller I would have more inches upwards to spread the weight ;)

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Shelly i can tell with some of the photos I have that they are related... the features from mother to daughter are so similar... but there is one wedding photo that my grandmother and gt grandmother are on and I would love to know if all th epeople in it are related but no luck so far.