Genealogy Forum UK

Thank you for all your replies. It seems very complicated. The father named on the certificate was married to someone else but is supposed to have lived (for a while) with the mother on the certificate I have. I suppose the only way to be 100% sure is for the child of the "adoptee" (who is...

I have a birth certificate (not for me!) which I don't understand. The certificate is for the December quarter of 1926. The baby has a name, let's say Julie Jones. The mother is recorded as Mary Jones and the father as John Smith. In the margin it is written by the registrar that this is an adoption...