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Hi, after my mother died in Dec 2009, my brothers and sisters and I found evidence that she had given birth to a son in April 1942, before she was married, when she was just 17. She stayed in St Anne's Maternity Home in Simpson Hill, Heywood, Lancs, until he was christened. We understand that the baby was then adopted, but have no further details to follow up, apart from his date of birth and christened name, and we have managed to obtain a copy of his birth certificate from Somerset House. We just want to know if went on to have a happy life with a family, and if he is still alive - we don't need contact if this is not wanted. We were told that all adoption records for the time were destroyed in a fire. Does anyone know if this was really the case, or if there could be any other documentation sitting anywhere? It is so sad that she never managed to tell us about him, and yet left his Christening certificate in a prominent place for us to find after she had died.