Hi all
My cousin fathered a child who was born at the Mother & Baby Home, Moseley in March 1965.
As his affair with the mother had ceased sometime prior to the birth and that during this time he had been advised that the mother had terminated the pregnancy, it came as a bolt out of the blue when, some eight years later, he was advised that the pregnancy had gone full term, that a baby girl had been born and that she had been adopted soon afterwards.
He discovered that, quite naturally, the mother had not included his name on the birth certificate so he has spent the last 40 years just wondering "what if......".
He registered his details with numerous official contact/adoption agencies etc but without success although he well understood all the many good reasons why nothing ever came of it.
The trials and tribulations of all who experienced the trauma of these institutions must be deeply sympathised with but, once in a while, a totally unexpected victim crops up making us realise that sadly the heartache can be far more widespread than expected.
Regards to all.