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Ethical problem?

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AlieOxon Fri 17-Oct-14 20:51:16

This is probably so - but it seems grotesque to me.

And from the current name, no-one could trace the parents......

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thatbags Fri 17-Oct-14 20:34:25

A change in someon's marital status changes that from the date on the marriage certificate.

A change of name by someone who changes their name by deed poll changes from the date of the deed.

A change of sex dates from whatever legal document acknowledges that change, not from the birth.

I suppose the sex-changed person in this story does not really regard it as a change of gender but rather as an acknowledgement of their true gender despite biological clues suggesting otherwise at birth.

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AlieOxon Fri 17-Oct-14 20:24:18

I've just seen (it wasn't sent to me) a story of the life of - call him Col. X., a distant relative, who died in the middle of the last century.
It is I think accurate in most particulars and has taken a lot of research to produce.

Except that the person who wrote it, about a parent, has chosen to change the name and sex of the firstborn child, all the way through.
This person has had a 'sex change' - that was their choice; BUT has gone back to apparently change history.

You cannot change your birth certificate, and this will make future research impossible...I can't accept this!

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