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Old 04-10-18, 00:18
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Kate, I’ve emailed Birmingham library with an enquiry
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Old 04-10-18, 00:44
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If anyone is wondering how he proves his identity now, he changed his name by deed poll quite a few years ago.
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Thanks Marg.

I think the Army would have accepted it without comment. They want to tick the box to say they have seen a birth certificate in order to cover their own backs. I doubt if they care whether it's genuine or not.

These situations make me so angry. People brought up in care, their identities concealed and then left to get on with it in adulthood. Shame on the care givers (the council, in this case).

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Old 04-10-18, 09:35
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Would the army have a copy of the certificate? In which case could you apply for a copy of his records for him? Even if they don't have a copy would they have recorded the details?
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Old 04-10-18, 09:51
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Could your friend give the name of the so called carers to the council and maybe they can look at them registers to lead you to the 1st request, Marg. Surely they must have records of past employees in this kind of situation. Maybe ask for a key worker so that the same person is aware of the situation.

I hope this man gets all the info belongs to him.
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Old 04-10-18, 11:27
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Thank you for all of the suggestions. I am passing them on.
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Old 04-10-18, 18:22
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I have another question concerning Ancestry. My friend doesn’t have WiFi. They both access the internet via smart phones. If there are any possible matches from his DNA can he access it off my Ancestry account or does he have to have his own? If he has to have his own account does it have to be a fully paid up account which I think is beyond their finances .
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Old 04-10-18, 19:26
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A reply on ancestry's Facebook page from about a week ago:

The price you pay when you purchase a DNA test with Ancestry gives you access to your full ethnicity estimate as well as your DNA matches. There is no added cost to view your matches. However some extra features are available to subscribers. The article below advises further on this.

https://support.ancestry.co.uk/s/art...-Subscriptions

So if he doesn't have a sub, he can view the list of his DNA matches, and contact them, and see the lists of shared matches, but doesn't get full access to the matching people's public family trees.

Also, he can download his raw DNA data from ancestry and upload it for free to sites such as My Heritage (until 1st Dec this year) and FamilyTree DNA, which will give him more lists of matches. You do get some info about matching people's trees on those sites without a sub. Info on how to download the raw data:
https://support.ancestry.co.uk/s/art...g-Raw-DNA-Data

And I've just found this maybe most important piece of info - he can invite you to be the "manager" of his DNA results and then your sub can be used to view matching people's trees etc. I have seen managers in my list of matches but I thought you could only be a manager if you ordered the test in the first place. Very interested to see how it actually works!

https://support.ancestry.co.uk/s/art...ng-DNA-Results
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Old 04-10-18, 21:31
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