Many fathers of illegitimate children born in past times disappeared from view, both in person and on paper. If you’ve hit such an obstacle, it may be possible to tease out his identity using DNA tests, court records and old wills.
Peter Rollin was perplexed regarding the father of his great great grandfather William. However, with the assistance of WDYTYA? Magazine he has found an ancestor to be proud of.
MY BRICK WALL
I got the family history bug in 1998. My wife was adopted, and that year we decided to trace her birth