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MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 19 Jun 2009 20:16

Or the father was his brother?

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 19 Jun 2009 19:55

Your Grandad is still alive? 108 yr old?

Rebekah

Rebekah Report 19 Jun 2009 19:44

I have the parents marrage certificate they marred in 1895. My grandads brother/cousin died in WW1 and have been told I can't get a death cert for that. My Grandad is still alive. His parents died 31 12 1960 and 03 02 1952 and no clue on those certs.

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 19 Jun 2009 19:40

Could it have been a sick joke that stuck in the family?
Or maybe it was easier for them if they planned to leave him there.
Or...maybe they were brothers but born out of wedlock.

What about his death cert does that give any clues?

Marion

Rebekah

Rebekah Report 19 Jun 2009 19:29

My grandads brother has always been told that his brother was actually a cousin left behind when his parents went to Austraila. I recently applied for his birth certificate and it says his parents are the same as my Grandad's.

Why would he have been told he was a cousin not a brother???
My grandad was born 1901 and the cousin/ brother was born 1897???