Presumption of paternity? Hello, my grandmother was married to an Irish Citizen at the time of my mother's birth. However, there is no father listed on my mother's birth certificate. Would I be able to claim this man is my grandfather for the purpose of adding myself to the foreign birth register? I...

Hi I just got the relevant paperwork together. "Grandfather's" Irish birth certificate, English death certificate, and English marriage certificate to my grandmother. My mother's birth certificate and death certificate. My birth certificate with my mother's maiden name However, although my...

Does anyone know whether it is absolutely required for your parent to register themselves on the FBR before you were born? Some of the guidance online seems to be confusing - ie this language: If you were born outside of Ireland and your parent (who was also born outside of Ireland) was an Irish ci...

That's fantastic to know, thanks very much for that.

Hi thanks for replying. Yes, I have my mother's birth and death certificate already. I will order her marriage certificate and "grandfathers" death certificate. My wife already sent away for his birth certificate because we were interested in looking at it and the file wouldn't open on anc...

Hi all, I recently looked at some old paperwork of my Mum's and have been doing a bit of ancestry.com and the father's name on her birth certificate is a man from Dublin. To my memory as a child, I had no knowledge or relationship with this man and he subsequently appears to have died in London. Now...