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Thank you all again for your help and kindness..
We had a look at the websites mentioned, but the one that really got us thinking was the last link regarding NC2.. could she be adopted?

...you should find references to its being a fictitious district for post-adoption certificates. Notably it also says that the birthplace is always stated as Dublin, even if the birth was actually elsewhere.

I dragged out the BIG box of photographs earlier and we have spent most of the day going through them, trying to piece together something.. we've found a set of pictures that all look to have been taken on the same day. Laura looks to be about 18 months old and there's also another baby which looks a little younger(?) called Paul - both of them in similar clothing and bouncy chairs. Also in the pictures are two nuns who are holding Laura. Other than that, there aren't any recognisable adults in any of the pictures.. which seems a bit odd?

Thankfully, she doesn't seem to be upset at the possibility of being adopted..

I'll keep you all posted

Yeah, I appreciate that..
I'm kind of grasping at straws right now to be honest

I've already tried every resource I can think of to no avail

my research so far is based around dublin, ireland, but will undoubtedly (if indeed we ever find anything out) move across to scotland.

here's the story: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=676727.new#new

it's a proper puzzler

Hello RootsChatters..
My name's Rory, I'm a complete newbie here, and am searching on behalf of my soon to be (if we ever get to the bottom of this enigma) wife Laura.

It's a bit of an odd one I guess, but please if you can, bare with me..

Laura was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 but she doesn't know the name of the hospital.

She has a 'copy' short birth certificate dated 1974 which was registered in the district N.C.2 (we have no idea what this means?).

And finally, there is a baptism certificate from the Pro Cathedral, Dublin dated 1971, issued though in 1976.

Now this is where things drift off mysteriously on it's enigma'ish way..

Under the Names of Parents are her father's name, and the name of a woman Laura doesn't know (and never has). The woman that brought her up as, and Laura always thought was her 'mum' never showed her love or affection of any kind which has made her feel that perhaps she might not have been - the fact that her name doesn't appear on the baptism certificate has obviously raised a million questions which no one can answer - every one's dead.

Laura moved from Tallaght, Dublin (she thinks) in 1973 or 74 to Paisley, Glasgow.

Might she have been adopted? Stolen? Magic'ed?

Honestly, we are at a total loss as to where to go next?

We are getting married in 9 weeks, and she needs her long birth certificate in order for us to get the marriage license. So far though, we can't find any trace of her anywhere.

Please, please, please, is there anyone out there that could help send us in the right direction to at least make a start on where to begin looking.

Thank you so much for your interest, and perseveration..

Rory and Laura