On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:58:28 +0100, brightside S9 wrote: > I'll ask the question here first, and then try uk.legal > > I have a friend who's birth was registered as forename 1 (let's say > XXX) forname 2 (let's say YYY) and surname. (I know that it can > happen, my wife registred the birth of my first son in hospital as the > registrar came round the maternity ward and named him without my > presence). I had an uncle in a very similar position when it came time to claim his OAP. He'd never seen, and never needed a Birth Certificate all his lfe. despite volunteering for and serving in the RAF. he then discovered that he could not find a Birth Certificate in his exact names of Joseph Walter XXX. He did find a Walter Joseph XXX born in the right place on the date he had ben told was his birthday. His siblings had all been correctly registered. To cut a (very) long story short he found that the solution /for him/ was to swear an affidavit before a Commissioner for Oaths that he was the said Walter Joseph XXX known as Joseph Walter XXX. He duly received his pension. Caution, this was in the 1960s, things change. Roy

Charlie wrote: > On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:58:28 +0100, brightside S9 wrote: > >> I'll ask the question here first, and then try uk.legal >> >> I have a friend who's birth was registered as forename 1 (let's say >> XXX) forname 2 (let's say YYY) and surname. (I know that it can >> happen, my wife registred the birth of my first son in hospital as the >> registrar came round the maternity ward and named him without my >> presence). %>< > To cut a (very) long story short he found that the solution /for him/ was > to swear an affidavit before a Commissioner for Oaths that he was the said > Walter Joseph XXX known as Joseph Walter XXX. He duly received his > pension. Caution, this was in the 1960s, things change. The problem is that this might not count as /proof/ for the current problem. But it might be a start if he can get a number of witnesses, preferably including close family, who have known him from childhood and can also swear affidavits that they have always known ZZZ as the son of the parents named on the birth certificate of XXX YYY and to have always celebrated his birthday on the date given and to have always given an age which agrees with that date etc. and that they believe that, despite the discrepancy on the certificate, that ZZZ is, in fact, XXX YYY. -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk