Can you find out if someone's had a baby?

[askingforafriendofmine]

Is there a way to search birth records ?

Why do you want to know?

That depends on who you are in relation to the mother and child I suppose but even I doubt anyone other than the parent or guardian could access them.

Can I ask for more details as to why?

I think you would need to know the name of the child I don't think you can search birth records on the parents name

You'd need a date of birth and names though. I doubt you could just search for a name.

You can search for birth records. They are available to the public. I’ve only ever searched for family ones using the persons name not the parents names not sure how you’d do it with the parents names.

simple answer is no.

It isn't that difficult to register under a false name for birth.

If it is unlikely that they used a false name, then in theory, if the baby's birth was registered, then yes.

The register of births is a public document, and you can search it on-line. But it isn't easy to find someone, unless they have a very unusual name. if you do find the person, and they are eg Maggie Jones, there will be dozens of Maggis Jones, and you don't know if it is your Maggie Jones. The only way to find out is to order a copy of the birth certificate, which then gives the names of parents and place of birth etc, You have to pay for every certificate you order.

If they wanted you to know they'd had a baby, they would have told you, OP.

Why?
If you know them ask them. If you don't know them well enough to ask then its not your business.
And birth records aren't public access.

you can go on-line and get a copy of any birth certificate registered in the UK.

The problem is that you need enough details to find the certificate you want. You can't search for Maggie Jones. etc you need an approximate date/place more details.

My partner would be the dad, but obviously not on the birth certificate. Its the unknown of whether there is a baby out there or if it was all made up after he left her not for me.

Oh, how very MN!

OP: I have a question...

1st reply: WHY do you want to know?

If you can't or won't answer an OP...

scroll on by. Stop wrecking MN.

My partner would be the dad, but obviously not on the birth certificate. Its the unknown of whether there is a baby out there or if it was all made up after he left hernot for me.

Has he contacted the mum and asked?

just googled how to search for a birth certificate.

clicked on first reply
entered my own name (and my married name isn't my birth name)
and got back 85 possible results (but I didn't pay to proceed)

On Gov website, you can search, but you need to register and pay (and I didn't wnat to)

If the birth is older, many sites eg ancestry.com hold the detaisl from 2005 (I think, judging by my quick view of the site.

yes, birth records are public documents

Would be easier to try and find her on Social media and snoop on there

hmm, so he doesn't even know if there is actually a baby, or he doesn't know if the baby is his?

I would have thought it wasn't that difficult to find out if she had HIS baby, presumably there is a quite a small window, so he left in eg May, she claims she was pregnant when he left, she can't have been more than 2-3 months at the time, so the window for the birth is quite small, baby would be born Feb at latest or dec/jan at earliest.

You should be able to search using her name, where she was living and the few months around that window.
But I don't know how much it woudl cost, as I've never done it, and not sure if you pay for each result, or just the ones you want printed.

@steppemum which one did you use ? The birth would of only been this year, but would of been registered by now if it happened.

She is not on social media never was so that's no good.

Could you afford to get a solicitor and out in an application for contact
If there’s no baby it will be clear v soon
If there is then get a paternity test and go from there

The issue is they moved out of the house they lived in together when they spilt and don't have contact now. So my partner doesn't know her new address etc. She contacted him after saying she was pregnant, but the number doesn't work now.

I've looked at .gov one and registered and it seems historical, not recent records.

If there is a baby then it is certainly his no doubt on that, we just want to know IF it exists. Just things like we would like to write cards etc and save for the baby. With the hope that one day they make contact they will know they were thought about and they he wasn't in their lives due to not being allowed rather than not wanting to be.

Private detective or so your own snooping.

Does he not have a contact number for any of her relatives or friends? None of them on social media that he could contact? That would probably be the easiest way...

If they were serious enough to have lived together, surely they had mutual friends. Even my fairly not serious relationships that lasted more than 2 months, we’d met each other’s friends. Could he not just ask a mutual friend? Then proceed from there with a solicitor if the answer is yes.

it could be asked why she hasn't told him about the 'birth', maybe he isn't the father or she doesn't, for whatever reason, want him involved. you would only hear his side of the story.
she might have made it up to try to keep him from leaving her, or she was pregnant and miscarried.
if she wants to get in touch she would do at some point.

Maybe she has good reasons for not telling him? Like abuse etc.

Otherwise you could look for her through the electoral role? Or the phone directory if she's registered?

What reason might she have for not wanting him involved if it's true though? That would be my question

Had to use a private detective once for work to trace a person. It cost £300.

Do you know the local authority where she lives and would have had the baby registered? I don't know if they allow the public to view the births/deaths records but asking the local authority concerned might be the place to start.