#MothersOnMarriageCerts - finally going to be from this May - Woman’s Hour

[nameequality]

Morning - I’ll be on Woman’s Hour this morning because nearly 8 years after my petition - and 2 years after the Act of Parliament- everything is in place behind the scenes for the names & occupations of Mother of the Bride and Mother of the Groom to be on marriage certificates. The General Register Office has said this will come in from 4.5.21!

See old thread from 2019 - this thread

Thanks to all the MNers who supported the petition and wrote to their MPs.

Brilliant, well done. 'Mothers' seem to be on a roll at the moment

Bloody brilliant. Really wish this had been in when we got married.

whoop whoop

what a great result!

Ah that's brilliant! Will listen in! ❤️

Brilliant news. Wish had been a thing when I got married. Well done.

Fantastic!

Amazing! Mothers are so important! I can’t believe it’s not been changed before 2021.

Will it be possible to get old certificates done again?

This is really great. Thank you

Fantastic result. Thanks for persevering for so many years!

Well done, OP!

Congratulations. This is brilliant

Congratulations for all your work on this. You did it!!

Excellent news!

Thanks all - link is now up - I’m from 33mins no if you fancy a listen - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000sr3w

@WendyTestaburger - I sadly don’t think backdated change is a part of this. I’ll have to see what any family historians might suggest as to how to record this missing information for future generations.