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Old 12-08-20, 10:42
Lindsay Lindsay is offline
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Originally Posted by Phoenix View Post
When BM's great aunt went to register her illegitimate baby, the question of who the dad was completely threw her. She'd already used her own surname, so she named her brother as the father


We assume that this was a panicked attempt to appear respectable, rather than acknowledging a case of incest
OH's 3Xggrandmother left her husband and older children for a younger man, and spent the next 20 years apparently trying to hide her true identity. When she eventually married him (bigamously) she gave her correct married name for the first time, but named her father as the groom's brother (who was also a witness). It took a while to disentangle what as going on!
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