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Hello Dora. This system won't allow me to reply to your personal email. My mum has her mothers birth and marriage certificate. But thank you for offering to email it to me. Her mum always celebrated her birthday the next day to her real birth date and my mum suspects this was a way to stop people finding out that she was adopted. She has seen other inconsistencies, like her grandfathers occupation etc. Unfortunately, all my mums brothers and sisters and in-laws are dead now, so she has no one to check any information with. I only remember my cousin (now deceased) saying that Nan told her that she was left behind with an aunt and her 'brothers went to Canada'. My mum has no knowledge of this. So this may be a red herring. My nan loved having her children (a girl, a boy, identical twin girls and a set of fraternal twins Boy/girl) She had 19 grandchildren and lots of great grandchildren. She made up for being abandoned didn't she All my family's friends were also welcome and in fact, my nan met my husband, who was one of my cousins friends, before I did. Having Uncle Edward to stay would be the most natural thing in the world for her. She was a super-intelligent women, who looked young for her age and was a mother figure to many waifs and strays over the years. Probably taking after her adoptive mother's nurturing skills.
Sounds like you have the same photo of uncle Edward as she does. I'll see if I can find the letter again.