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illegitimacy
(redirected from illegitimate child)

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illegitimacy
Nonmarital, out of wedlock Social medicine The legal status of a child born to unwed parents


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Byline: Gail-Tzipporah Saunders Every party has its embarrassing moment - the long lost illegitimate child who shows up at a family gathering, points a finger at an man who appears to be the center of it all and says, "That's my real father.
An illegitimate child was literally parentless at law, and even the subsequent marriage of the parents could not legitimize their offspring.
It tells the story of Kate Fawcett bringing up an illegitimate child in 1902.
 
 
 
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