genetic genealogy research which will probably help you
all together. Unfortunately, there might be the case where
top playlist that will appear on the screen and if you're
document then and you're also fortunate, maybe you're
going to have every DNA tester possibly available to piece it
down below. Do you have a known or suspected illegitimate
you're lucky, you're going to find the document that tells
the most in these illegitimate cases, be sure you look at the
you're just never going to find that person but you did your
and you don't know if they're a descendant of this person. They
you everything you need to know. If you can't find the
strategies you can employ but do the easy ones first. If
Then it's time to keep digging deeper. Keep asking questions
try to piece it all together. It's all going to be dependent
best effort. So then, I invite you to tackle other genealogy
research challenges. If you want to learn how to do more
shows. Ask your question and participate in the fun journey
ready for something else, be sure to check out the playlist
right path now there it's always a chance that it is it's
won't respond to your emails. You can't solve the problem.
of genetic genealogists like Andy and our colleague and to
them in the show notes in order to keep this video kind of
and we have a newsletter that will send you a reminder so you
upon time and place that you're researching but there are some
of genealogy. What happens if you have the men on your hit
list and they don't have any trace or you have DNA matches
not a connection. Um come back and ask a genetic geneologist
a total stranger pirate from nowhere but at least you have
looked at the comparison. There's a connection. There's
short if you made it this far in the video I want to invite
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men in her life which really means her community I've listed
should I rule them out? Should I keep them on the list? I'd
thoroughly vetted everybody in the woman's life to try to
with your case file. Hey how do I feel it down am I on the
See if they've taken a DNA test and if they have compare their
were. It happened. Uh look at all the men in the the woman's
More modern time. We're not going to talk about that. So I
at family members, look at neighbors, look at if they're a
servant in the home, find out who all the men in the home
figure out who could or couldn't be there's some other
created a list and you look your DNA and you're like oh
has the DNA from the person in question. Which is why you
you go the more people you need to test because not everybody
don't have some just stranger who was a pirate but left no
life. And then now that you have a hit list of all the
that DNA research. Find out if they have living descendants.
me see if there's any notes. Um sometimes a sponsor of somebody
to research all the men in the mother's lives. Hopefully you
want to capture as many people as possible. After you have
possible men in their lives. Then go and research them. Do
count family members. Incest happens. Um go ahead and look
together. Particularly the further back in time you go.
in a work house or a poor house. Um they may be related.
there was a man in the woman's life and they created life
DNA result with your DNA results. The further backing go
records up out of no, did the deed, created the child and
go ahead and try to piece out. My next tip is going to ask you
want you to research all the men in the lives. Don't just
records in and then fill in the location where the child was
paying for the person to live there. So lots of strategies to
disappeared into thin air. Um often this is a situation where
of success and some people haven't had any luck at all
born or the mother was living at the time of the birth and
then see the instructions on how to go through that. So, I
Take them and go to Google and type in researching court
video but at least you now have a way point. 0, I didn't even
They may be the.They. may be the the father's relative
don't have enough time to go through everything in this
but you also know what to look for. So, I'm going to invite
you to take these term. They're also listed in the show notes.
think to workhouse records. Let me see if my area has them. Let
that you want to turn on over every possible stone you can
track these down. Um some people have had varying degrees
records. I love when they do say okay these weren't this
wasn't a a legitimate couple according to either of our laws
the point of we have our DNA test going. We have your tree
you're familiar with that and have had success please let us
We know who we're going to look at and now it's time to look at
and she actually needed to have the consent and then the the
law of 1733, which talked about bastard children and what to do
people say the bastard laws of 1733 when I tried to actually
and the fighting this intent but the whole point of it was
ahead and share those ideas together. Now, I assembled
It's also important that we that illegitimate was handled
I'm going to let people who said it best get the credit.
you're trying to do is to take your different notes about the
maintenance. And it also means they may not be recognized in
template. It is free. Um with this ancestor profile, what
you want to do is you want to become very serious and very
a family tree building capacity. So that's going to be
create an ancestor profile. Now, I do have a template
grandfather. I want you to build your family trees
many databases as possible. The next thing I want you to do is
trying to figure out your parents then be sure to check
to build your family tree. Now if you're adopted and you're
patterns. There's a lot of different strategies that we
the dad and the mom love it. Um we're not always so lucky. So
I've already alluded to this multiple times that's church
or the laws of the land where we live but here in the name of
experience in the records. That would be great. So now we're at
father was. So be looking for the RCE collection. And if
being built and we're just kind of letting that set aside.
us a little bit about the the identity of the the parents.
legally recognized they became a strain on the community so
then we need to turn to oral history. Look at naming
can use and resources we can consult in order to try to
could see why there would be some problems another country
look for the acts from which space. I couldn't find anything
just a genealogy sources. Instead, they said the UK poor
anybody and though she didn't have the consent of need to
from what I understand there was a register of corrected
documents. So what kinds of documents are available to tell
number of different reasons why a child may be listed as a
know in the comments so we can learn from somebody's actual
research and let's settle this debate down below. Um some
man needed to be aware when she was going to name him so I
birth certificates. It can be in newspaper articles, court
illegitimate when the couple was actually together
that blog post. They have some really great strategies. So,
that referenced the bastard of the act of 1733, unless it was
entries and where people could go back and identify who the
identity of the fathers to reduce the financial burden
of the Latin terminology that you may see if there are other
named by the woman a he provided financially for this
comments below I think they're going to be very similar to the
for New Mexico. Here are some of the words that they used in
differently around the world. In England it's pays to do more
records and so forth. It can show up just about anywhere. Uh
audience and and ask you because I've asked some people
aware of if you have English research ancestors that law
presenting themselves as married. Um be sure to read
terms around the world maybe Danish Swedish German for
legislation allowed for the imprisonment of the father
Latin words but this is a place where can learn together so go
that dealt with illegitimate and differently was in Scotland
have the consent of the father and then eventually it changed
investigator. So, create an ancestor profile have all of
into Catholic church records for baptism written in Spanish
changed there was a change where the woman she can name
those records to designate that a child was born to a couple
if you know who the child's mother might be. So in essence
that was not lawfully married they also want to include some
child or he married the mother and so that is a law to be
isolate the facts as if you were a crime scene
these children without a father and a mother where the child is
a family tree but sometimes you have to just pull it out and
the details or the suspecic theories that you had and get
person and put them into one place where you can see it over
I'm using illegitimate C just means not recognized as a
it into one location. Also do the same thing for the mother
and over and over again and sometimes see you can see it on
means that they're not recognized in order have
tree to Jedcom Match and how to get a Jedcom created. Look for
the links in the description for all of that. So, next, what
available on our website. Look in the show notes for this
your family tree on my heritage and how to upload your family
you're going to be confident that they're related there by
Ansa rate and that's going to be my heritage. I also want you
It's not perfect. You still have to use some of the
focused on who you're researching. So, I want you to
insights you get from your genealogical family traits. But
lawful offspring. So what does that mean? Well typically it
across this blog post and I found it fascinating with a
to be utilizing 23 and me. This is a genetic based family tree.
this one you're going to start putting things together and
some words used in the English language to identify a child as
create two profiles. Now according to the terminology
stuff like that. We have training videos on how to build
with them. So, this is something I need to turn to the
that government and church leaders wanted to know the
everywhere you can. Especially on platforms that have ZNA and
illegitimate. And this can be in church records. It can be in
records that you guys are familiar drop those in the
the links in the description for the adoptee playlist.
the other terms that I have found because I've been digging
order to get inheritance. Now on screen you're going to see
you are testing for something like this then you want to test
have some tips on how to go about doing that so you can
notes and we'll go through the blog post and the advice from
Match of your family tree so you can do tree comparison
based on CNA. And then also uploading Jedcom's files to Jed
That's a little bit different strategy. But a lot of times
we're researching an a great grandfather or a great great
living descendants are and then invite them to take a DNA test.
father. Go do some descendants research. Find out who their
descendants are and start asking them take a DNA test.
who's willing to take a DNA test to have their DNA in as
where the results are and then you can go from there. Now if
there but you do want to get every descendant that you can
save your money. Be sure to check the links in the show
Maybe they have already taken a DNA test and they can tell you
parent, the ancestor you're researching and then hit the
everywhere or at least get your DNA in every database. I do
Well, I have a video on how to do descendancy research. My
best advice is to look on family search. Go find the the
This is also handy if you have someone you think might be the
have every descendant of the person who has the unknown
parent, the illegitimate relationship with the parent
living people strategies and try to find out who the
descendancy view and see what you have below. It will not
show you living people but then you can do some other research,
have that child's descendants tested. What I mean by that?
most common one asked in our channel. The first step is to
give you recommendations for finding the dad. That's the
mother whatever reason, couldn't take care of the child
maybe find one or the other. For the most part, I'm going to
the father, there will be some records that you can help you
and the child is abandoned and you don't know the mother or
the grandparents even if the father isn't married to the
the parents of an illegitimate child. Now illegitimate child
could also include child that's abandoned somewhere. Uh the
mother legitimately so how are we going to go about finding
illegitimate or not and they will list the parents and often
will specifically divine whether the child is
because on these Mexican Catholic Church records they
Mexican Catholics in your family tree and the why is
Whenever somebody says, I wish I could research my
talk about some strategies to find out who's their daddy.
illegitimate ancestors, I often wish, hey, I I I wish you had
your family tree and you want to learn more about them aloha.
Do you have a known or suspected illegitimate child on
particularly who that daddy is? Well, today, we're going to