I need to know how to take a name off my birth certificate & put my real father's name on my birth certificate... Can you help me to know how to do this ?

Was your mother married to the man whose name is on your birth certificate?

How do you know someone else is the "real" father?

I'm not prying - it's necessary info.

No she was not married to the man on my birth certificate.. It is the dad to my older brother & sister...

My mom & siblings on my dads side all know he is my dad all my family does.. He passed when I was 13 yrs. I am now 56..

Here's the problem - without DNA to PROVE he's the "real father" you can do nothing. Unfortunately, that is the Law.

It's written to prevent people from claiming from an Estate by changing a birth certificate.

Can I get DNA from my brother or sister on my dads side..? They would testify I am my dads daughter & there is NO family estate or monies r anything like that...

In NY, no, no unless there is an overwhelming need, Court recognized, to make this correction. The feeling is that too many families will be affected - the birth father's, the person on the birth certificate, family members on both sides and so forth.

Why didn't your father have DNA testing before he died?

Where are you?

I live in Illinois.. it never bothered him are he didn't know I guess I never seen much of him at all.. I was 13 when he died.. I have changed my last name to his I guess that will have to be good enough... it will just never be on my birth certificate as my dad I guess... oh well...

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Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

Why didn't your father have DNA testing before he died?

Where are you?

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DNA wasn't available until 1987 in the courtroom.

The Dna Revolution - The Dna Wars Are Over | The Case For Innocence | FRONTLINE | PBS

And if the OP was 13 that makes it around 1973 that he passed away.

I really see little you can do, Legally the man on the birth certificate is the legal father. And at this point and time, Little can be done to change it.