Reply to What if my sister wasn't really stillborn? How to research?

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "What if my sister wasn't really stillborn? How to research?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there is a grave, then you have a date and possibly a name. You  know the name of the hospital. Go look for the death certificate. In most places, the county or the state issue some kind of death certificate or certificate of still birth or certificate of fetal demise. Find out what your state does and go look for it. It's a public record. If the fetus died, there will be some kind of record.[/quote]

Record keeping may be rather sketchy, especially for a stillbirth decades ago.  When my mother had a late term miscarriage, the doctor "disposed" of the fetus and would not tell her the sex.  Apparently, that was standard practice in the day.

If OP's sister actually has a burial marker, more than likely there's a baby.  Tombstones are not cheap and it's unlikely that the parents would actually buy one to go along with some charade.

It's possible that there was some conspiracy on the hospital's end.  But very, very unlikely.

OP that your brother has a different perspective but feel like there's something "there," it's quite possible that both your parents were greatly affected by losing a child.  Perhaps there's is something missing b/c they've never fully grieved.

Please don't bring this up to them.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics