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illegitimate child

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Noun1.illegitimate child - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parentsillegitimate child - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"


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Byline: Gail-Tzipporah Saunders Every party has its embarrassing moment - the long lost illegitimate child who shows up at a family gathering, points a finger at an man who appears to be the center of it all and says, "That's my real father.
An illegitimate child was literally parentless at law, and even the subsequent marriage of the parents could not legitimize their offspring.
It tells the story of Kate Fawcett bringing up an illegitimate child in 1902.
 
 
 
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