Thank you ALKB. I am gathering lots of evidence and will indeed visit the German Embassy when allowed.

Hello, I've just found out that my grandparents married twice; first in Germany in 1945 and then in England in 1948. My grandmother requested a certified copy of my mum's birth certificate from the British Consul General in Dusseldorf in 1965 which I think means she was still German at that point ...

I've just received my mother's birth certificate from the Standesamt in Bochum. There are no details of her father which I find strange. Was it usual at that time to not include father's name if the couple were not married or the father foreign?

Do you know if it is possible to obtain a copy of my grandmother's passport (I think my mum would have been on her one as she was only a baby)? I can only find a passport from 1972 which would be a British one.

Thanks Simon. Just to update you, I've put a request into the National Archives here in the UK asking for them to look up whether my mum or grandmother were naturalised. I should hear in about 10 days. It would be helpful to know.

Hello ALKB, thanks for your reply. My parents were not married when I was born. My grandparents married in England in 1948 so were unmarried when my mum was born in 1947. I have already ordered my mum's German birth certificate from the standesamt in Bochum where she was born. I read somewhere that ...

Many thanks Simon. My uncle has my nan's old German passports and I've asked him if my mum appears on any of these. I'll keep you posted!

Forgot to add, both my grandparents and my my mum are sadly deceased.

Hello everyone. This is my first post so bear with me! My mother was born out of wedlock to a German mother and British father in 1947 in Germany. My grandparents emigrated to the UK with my mum and her sister in 1948 so I assume my nan was naturalised as a British citizen but not sure whether she ...