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    lldd6255 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 13, 2012, 09:59 AM
    My real dad's name was never on my birth certificate.
    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 ?
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    Jan 13, 2012, 10:57 AM
    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.
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    Jan 13, 2012, 12:35 PM
    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..

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    Jan 13, 2012, 12:43 PM
    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.
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    Jan 13, 2012, 01:44 PM
    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...
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    Jan 13, 2012, 01:58 PM
    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?
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    Jan 13, 2012, 02:34 PM
    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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    Jan 13, 2012, 02:59 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by JudyKayTee View Post
    Why didn't your father have DNA testing before he died?

    Where are you?
    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.
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    Jan 13, 2012, 10:57 PM
    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.
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