My brother was born at the Maternity Hospital in Glasgow in 1928.He was adopted by my parents in Clydebank as a baby.I have his birth registration.His mothers name is on it of course,but his fathers wasn't.When my brother died his son asked me to try and find out who the father was.I have lots of info on his mothers line but I couldn't find anything on his fathers side,so I sent him a YDNA kit.Luckily I found a match to a person in BC Canada whose ancestors came from Scotland.The persons name was MacDonald,and was said to be connected to the Glencoe MacDonalds. Comparing pictures of my brother and new found cousin ..they look like brothers. My question is..When did official adoption start in Scotland ?..I believe it started after 1928.I've never found any adoption papers,and I think my parents might have known the mother because she has the same surname as someone who married into my mothers McColl family. Thanks Frank McGonigal

Hi Frank, the guidance given here by National Records of Scotland: http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/adoption-records shows that official adoption started in 1930, so your brother's adoption happened just two years too early. Have you tried searching the NRS online catalogue for the name of the mother of your brother? It's possible she applied to the Sheriff Court for paternity and maintenance, as the mother of my 'lost uncle' William Robertson WILLISON did. The record of her suit states the name of baby William's father, ie. my grandfather Ernest DANFORTH. Of course, father of your brother may have done a swift exit to Canada to avoid responsibility, as the father in another out-of-wedlock situation in my Glasgow family did. But it's still worth a look for a paternity case at Sheriff Court. Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield, Derbyshire On 23 May 2016 at 16:44, Frank Mcgonigal via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > My brother was born at the Maternity Hospital in Glasgow in 1928.He was > adopted by my parents in Clydebank as a baby.I have his birth > registration.His mothers name is on it of course,but his fathers > wasn't.When my brother died his son asked me to try and find out who the > father was.I have lots of info on his mothers line but I couldn't find > anything on his fathers side,so I sent him a YDNA kit.Luckily I found a > match to a person in BC Canada whose ancestors came from Scotland.The > persons name was MacDonald,and was said to be connected to the Glencoe > MacDonalds. > Comparing pictures of my brother and new found cousin ..they look like > brothers. My question is..When did official adoption start in Scotland ?..I > believe it started after 1928.I've never found any adoption papers,and I > think my parents might have known the mother because she has the same > surname as someone who married into my mothers McColl family. > Thanks Frank McGonigal > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >