Grandfather was Canadian, worked for Crown however is not on my mothers birth cert.

[EADuffy]

Hello all, first time posting here so hope this is relevant. I am in a situation where I am most likely a Canadian citizen but can’t prove it.

My grandfather was in the Royal Canadian airforce for most of his life. He met my grandmother in England and when she became pregnant with my mother, he told her he was already married and left her, returning to England. Though my grandmother wanted to keep her, she was forced by her parents to put my mother up for adoption (catholic ireland).

I have all of his records to prove he was serving the Crown at the time of my mothers birth however there is nothing on her birth certificate to prove he is the father. Through DNA tracing, we have located her half brother in Calgary and also a cousin. That’s all I have!

 

[hawk39]

Hello all, first time posting here so hope this is relevant. I am in a situation where I am most likely a Canadian citizen but can’t prove it.

My grandfather was in the Royal Canadian airforce for most of his life. He met my grandmother in England and when she became pregnant with my mother, he told her he was already married and left her, returning to England. Though my grandmother wanted to keep her, she was forced by her parents to put my mother up for adoption (catholic ireland).

I have all of his records to prove he was serving the Crown at the time of my mothers birth however there is nothing on her birth certificate to prove he is the father. Through DNA tracing, we have located her half brother in Calgary and also a cousin. That’s all I have!

IRCC will definitely ask for a DNA test to prove your mother's parentage. Most likely your mother's half-brother will be the ideal candidate to compare DNA as he is essentially of the same generation as your mother, just that he and she have different mothers, so the genetic markers that came from their father (your grandfather) should be very similar. Based on that, I think your mother has a very good chance of proving her parentage to prove citizenship by descent for the both of you.

 

[akbardxb]

Hello all, first time posting here so hope this is relevant. I am in a situation where I am most likely a Canadian citizen but can’t prove it.

My grandfather was in the Royal Canadian airforce for most of his life. He met my grandmother in England and when she became pregnant with my mother, he told her he was already married and left her, returning to England. Though my grandmother wanted to keep her, she was forced by her parents to put my mother up for adoption (catholic ireland).

I have all of his records to prove he was serving the Crown at the time of my mothers birth however there is nothing on her birth certificate to prove he is the father. Through DNA tracing, we have located her half brother in Calgary and also a cousin. That’s all I have!

This is a non-routine case and would probably take a significant amount of time and effort. Your best bet would be to engage a lawyer. I'm not certain you will be able to do it yourself.