From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 11/10/2021 14:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > (I've often thought things are going to get more difficult for   
   > genealogists in future, with the increase in divorce and/or multiple   
   > partners these days - though in fact it's not as common as it looked   
   > like it was going to be, in say the 1960s-'80s. A more recent phenomenon   
   > that_would_  complicate things is changing surnames - double-barrelled,   
   > wives not changing, husbands changing, and many others - but that's   
   > probably countered by much better record-keeping nowadays.)   
      
   There has always been plenty of promiscuity so the 'father' not being   
   the actual father but I wonder if it is more likely that the mother will   
   be unmarried and so acknowledge the name of the father either on the   
   official record or with it being known in the family.   
      
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