I did an ancestry DNA test and was contacted by the daughter of my dad's half sister. I found out that my grandmother had another child, born in the 1940s, which my dad knew nothing about.
She has sent us a copy of her birth certificate with my grandmother's name on it and her adoption certificated which have the date of 1962 on them.
I was wondering whether it would have been possible in 1962 for someone to find out who their birth-mother was and to retrieve the birth certificate.
I want to know how sure I can be that this is really my dad's half sister. I had an 18% DNA match with the half-sister and a 10% DNA match with the daughter.
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Question about adoption in the 1940s
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WelshSpringerSpaniel · 08/04/2023 03:04
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20/04/2023 21:13
countrygirl99 · 08/04/2023 04:30
I know of 2 relatives who were adopted in the 1940s. 1 by family and 1 by a friend of the family. I think there were a lot of more informal placements within families and social networks were they knew couples who couldn't have children.
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