When I was a child, and I'm 70 now, giving birth out of wedlock was a disgrace to the entire family so some women would raise a grandchild as their own and the child would go through life thinking her mother was her sister. Very often the child was never told. That must cause a lot of confusion for a genealogist.

You bet! That and the fact that grandparents raised their son's children. North Carolina had "Basterdy Bonds" where the mother had to tell the name of the father or pay $200.00 at the time of the birth. The father had to pay that or agree to support the child so that the child wouldn't become a dependent of the state. In the 1800s my gg grandfather has several children 4-5 months apart in the census. ?? It has been driving me up a wall. Patience Patscga@aol.com wrote: > When I was a child, and I'm 70 now, giving birth out of wedlock was a > disgrace to the entire family so some women would raise a grandchild as their > own and the child would go through life thinking her mother was her sister. > Very often the child was never told. That must cause a lot of confusion for > a genealogist. > > > ==== MDGEN Mailing List ==== > No Spamming : No attachments are allowed . > >