birth certificate advice

cavework

DUTR, if you go back a few generations and obtain a few birth certs you might be suprised to find your surname actually comes from the mother of one of your ancestors.
A lot do

DUTR

cavework wrote: »

DUTR, if you go back a few generations and obtain a few birth certs you might be suprised to find your surname actually comes from the mother of one of your ancestors.
A lot do

I will ask my Dad when I visit him next :cool:

cavework

DUTR...
Nice one
:rotfl:
xxx

DUTR

cavework wrote: »

COUNT ME IN !
:j

Well here is my contribution to the group hug :kisses3:

weemansmum

Oh my! didnt expect so many replies. Thank you all for them! Reading them, though, im not sure my head's any clearer hehe. I am with the opinion of MrsE when concerning myself i dont care too much about what others think but i am worried about my son's feelings when he is a bit older.

MrsE_2

weemansmum wrote: »

Oh my! didnt expect so many replies. Thank you all for them! Reading them, though, im not sure my head's any clearer hehe. I am with the opinion of MrsE when concerning myself i dont care too much about what others think but i am worried about my son's feelings when he is a bit older.

You make sure he grows up knowing that anyone who has any problem with it in any shape or form is an A$$hole & that he should pity them rather than pay heed to them;)

There will always be uneducated bigots;)

Loopy_Girl

Yes it can be done as I did do it without the consent or presence of my daughter's father.

You have to have a DNA rest result however and the parent has the option of signing a declaration of parentage. If he refuses, as in my case, then the courts have the authority to grant you the ability to re-register with both parents name on the new birth certificate.

It was very stressful but I did it for her and not for anyone else. I didn't want to have to hand her a birth cert when she was 16 as she needed a passport for a chicks holiday to Ibiza and see a blank space. Her father wasn't a blank space, he is a real person and as such she is entitled to have his name on her birth certificate. But I stress that is my thinking alone.

Am assuming by your user name OP, that you are Scottish and it was Scottish law for me also.

If you want to PM me about it then you are very welcome

DUTR

cavework wrote: »

DUTR,
Everyone has the right to their own opinion.
Glad your proud of your Fathers and Grandfathers name.
Can I ask you how far back you have researched on your paternal side of the family?

On my Dad's side circa 1865

PlayingHardball

MrsE, just want to add my support to your posts. I read them and understood them thoroughly. I agree totally with you and agree that some people come on here looking for a good argument. Why they bother?... is beyond me. Your posts were clear and supportive of the OP. Thats what these forums are all about, to offer support and advise. (at least that is what they are for in my circumstances as I'm far to busy to use this or any other forum as a means of debating current issues or taking part in on-line 'keyboard' wars)

As for OP, you need to do what you feel is right by you and your little guy. There is no right or no wrong. Personally, I don't think there is a stigma in this day and age as to whether there are both names on a birth certificate, I certainly wouldn't think less of anyone who only had 'Mum' on their certificate. Nor would I think less of anyone who had 'two dads', or 'two mums'. Today is all about diversity and acceptance.

OP - are you receiving financial support from the father? I hope you are

Best wishes x