The whole point about a certificate is that it leads the genealogist to what might be the truth. We know mistakes occur on certificates because of the quality of information. Without a birth certificate, we wouldnt know the parents and in Scotland whether or not they were married. If the child knows the name of the father with certainty, and that there is no doubt about paternity it would still be possible to find his genealogy but if there is no documented event there is no proof, without DNA. The full blood relationship includes both parents. Without a father there's only one set of grand parents. Not all fathers' names appear on a certificate from the date of birth. I found in England & Wales now that a father's name can go on a certificate at a later date by formal documented request. I dont see that genealogy without both parents' names has the same purpose because each and every one of us has 2 parents. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "park louise" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Irregular Marriage > It certainly hasn't been used on Scottish birth certificates recently > - it's certainly not on my son's! > > Genealogy might even become easier with fewer marriages - no need to > find the marriage and (hopefully) both parents' original names on the > birth certificate! > > Louise

I have one branch of my family tree forever missing because one great-great-grandmother had no idea who was the father of her son. My great-grandfather used his mother's surname, Galbraith, confusing my research until I found his 1860 birth registration as "illegitimate", and someone had usefully filled in the fact that he had been registered by his mother and the line for the father's name said "unknown". Margaret Gibbs On 30/07/2013 1:41 PM, Janet wrote: > The whole point about a certificate is that it leads the genealogist to what > might be the truth. We know mistakes occur on certificates because of the > quality of information. > Without a birth certificate, we wouldnt know the parents and in Scotland > whether or not they were married. If the child knows the name of the father > with certainty, and that there is no doubt about paternity it would still be > possible to find his genealogy but if there is no documented event there is > no proof, without DNA. > The full blood relationship includes both parents. Without a father there's > only one set of grand parents. > Not all fathers' names appear on a certificate from the date of birth. I > found in England & Wales now that a father's name can go on a certificate at > a later date by formal documented request. I dont see that genealogy without > both parents' names has the same purpose because each and every one of us has > 2 parents. > > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "park louise" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:02 PM > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Irregular Marriage > > >> It certainly hasn't been used on Scottish birth certificates recently >> - it's certainly not on my son's! >> >> Genealogy might even become easier with fewer marriages - no need to >> find the marriage and (hopefully) both parents' original names on the >> birth certificate! >> >> Louise > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >