If a bastard child's parents marry after it's birth, is that child now legitimate?

[Bobby Martnen]

I was reading about bastard children during WWI, and how different countries had different approaches to them.

I was wondering if you guys thought parents of bastards should be able to have them retroactively legitimized by marrying after their birth.

[Sacrificed Ram]

Limbo.

[Bobby Martnen]

Limbo.

So essentially somewhere in between? In the poll, that would be "Legitimized bastard"

[Sacrificed Ram]

So essentially somewhere in between? In the poll, that would be "Legitimized bastard"

No man, no one before thought an answer to the question.

However today most children born out of marriage, then "bastard" concept fell in disuse.

[Ayetooey]

Who tf uses the term "bastard child" is this the 18th century, most people are born out of wedlock. Dumb term anyway, blame the kid why don't ya.

[Bobby Martnen]

Who tf uses the term "bastard child" is this the 18th century, most people are born out of wedlock.

All of my friends are legitimate, though a lot have divorced parents. Bastardy may be common in Europe, but it's not common amongst the American middle and upper classes. The underclass here has a high bastardy rate, though.

Dumb term anyway, blame the kid why don't ya.

Bastard is not a blaming term, it's simply a factual description, just like "Dutch", "Spanish", or "Turkish".