In the 1910 census a relative and his wife are a recently married couple with an infant child. By 1920 that same relative is living in another state with another wife. The short version of the story is that the couple divorced and each had married other individuals by 1920. The 1910 child (a boy) was raised by the mother and her second husband as their child used that second husband’s name throughout his life.
DNA matches confirmed the relationship as descendants of that 1910 child have done DNA tests and they match me at a level consistent with the relationship.
Is it possible that your relative had a short term relationship that resulted in a child or two and after the relationship ended it was never talked of again and the child was lead believe that someone other than his parents were his parents?
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