Genealogy Chat

Thanks Margaret - I struggled through that.

My problem now is really 'How do we prove that my cousins grandfather really is the father of all the children.

On the birth certificate of cousins mother the father's name was entered and then crossed out. This means he was not present at the time of registration.
So how do we treat this? Is this legal proof that he is the father and the children born after the marriage are in fact Full Blood? Or can we only assume that, legally, they are half Blood?

Try this web site. It may help....

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/288190/inheritance/13096/Intestate-succession

One for the legal eagles perhaps!

I am having to research the maternal side of my cousin who died intestate. It would seem that her mother was illegimate.

The grandmother married when the child was about 6. The children of that marriage would not have an interest in the estate being half siblings. (There are full siblings on the fathers side. ) BUT it is beginning to look as though the father is the same. So - would a later marriage of the parents make the child legimate and her full blood siblings (born after the marriage) eligible for a share in the daughters estate?


Edit : I've got a bit further on this myself. As long as they are Full blood then illegitmacy doesn't matter. The fathers name was on the birth certificate and was crossed out - so there is no proof that he was the father - just an assumption. Can we now forger about tracing the siblings?