Real name?

[pennyb04]

I was brought up by Mr and Mrs X, but at age 11 discovered that Mrs X wasn't my mum, and then had to go to my real mum, Mrs Y, on my birth certificate it states that Mrs Y and Mr X are the parents. It turned out when I was 15 she changed her mind about that and said that he wasn't the father after all, and her new husband Mr Z was (she'd known him since I was born). There was mention of perjury and until the matter was resolved I was issued a new birth certificate in my mums maiden name, I was so upset at this turn of events that I destroyed it. A couple of years ago I applied for a full copy of my birth certificate expecting there to be some sort of alteration or note or attachement to it, but there wasn't - it still states that Mr X is the father. My question is, what is my real name - the one I was born with, although false, or my mums maiden name? I have since married so hold neither of them. I hope you can follow this, a tad confusing, but thanks for any replies.

[shazzzz]

i would of thought the name on your first birth cert ,

[dot.hawkes]

It deepends when you were born for one thing, since 1972 you will have been given a surname , before that just first names and the surname used was firstly the registered father and secondly the unmarried mother.
BUT: in all cases, if the parents are not married, the father has to be present at the time of registartion or within a short time after for his name to be included on the registration.
You could not possibly have been given a new birth certificate with altered details, the only way would have been an adoption certificate. there was no perjury, only mis-information that only DNA testing can now resolve.

You can use any name that appears on your birth certificate without changing it legally, though that only costs 30 quid anyway.

[pennyb04]

it was 1961, and Mr X present, saying he was father. Parentage is not really the issue though, since Mr X's death 3 years ago I have found that he wasn't the real dad anyway, although he always will be to me. The question was/is, what would have been the real name? I don't remember much about the certificate other than it having my mums maiden name as mine, the perjury bit came about because when I was taken to have my name changed to her new husbands name, they both admitted having put wrong info on original certificate. Thanks for both answers

[dot.hawkes]

you will have been able to use any surname on your registration, which would have been your mothers and your registered fathers, you were not given one back then, that came in in 1972 (or 4 maybe actually) anyway, at any time you could have whatever name u like, as long as you do not use it or illegal purp[oses and you let everyone who needs to knwo know about it. deed polls are cheap nowcompared to the relative cost 20 years ago. But as a minor you could not have changed your name yourself.
does that make it clearer?

[pennyb04]

yes, clearer now, thanks