The Amazing Story of Jane Doe

The Woman Who Never Was

Proof of identity is a basic human right which most of us take for granted - we know who we are, who our forebears were and we have documents to support and verify our existence. However, this right has been denied Jane Doe for eighty-two years. The birth certificate issued to her by a Nottingham registrar in 1967, Jane knows is a fabrication.
The repercussions of this falsehood led eventually to Jane leaving her husband and six children. Her false birth certificate obviously meant that her marriage in 1945 was not legal and all her children were therefore illegitimate. Such was her shame and the abhorrence of having lived such a lie for twenty-two years, that she walked out on them in 1967, never to return. Jane had been a good wife and mother and loved each of her children dearly and we can hardly begin to imagine the mental anguish she must have suffered to take such a drastic step.
What became of Jane following her dramatic and uncharacteristic action begins to unfold in Chapter One of her harrowing yet compelling story. The reader will learn of the complex events leading to her heart-rending decision; how a normal, happy childhood was snatched away from her by strangers and, in later life, other fundamental social rights, including lawful marriage and re-marriage, holidays abroad and a retirement pension in her own right have been denied her through no fault of her own. Jane has no legal identity; therefore she has no nationality and no passport. Furthermore, her ‘pension’ is based on somebody else’s National Insurance number. Jane herself is blameless and therefore without any control over the circumstances in which she finds herself, which makes it all the more distressing.
There are many others in a similar predicament to Jane, for whatever reasons, but few can have experienced worse treatment by the so-called authorities - those who, instead of being helpful and sympathetic to Jane’s plight, have mercilessly swept their own dirt under the carpet and then washed their hands of her. These individuals do not observe and perpetuate the law - they aspire, maybe even conspire, to be above the law. A handful of well-intentioned professionals have found themselves retreating smartly before the might of the bureaucratic wall. Their hard hats of morality and fair play afford little protection from the force of the iniquitous power produced by closed ranks.
As Jane’s story continues, the closed ranks become locked and bolted. Who, or what, is able to shatter the impenetrable? Within these pages ticks a time-bomb, which can only be detonated by the truth - buried at the centre of Jane’s life since birth.

Jane has finally got a passport

Jane is eighty-two now. She has endured a lifetime of crippling uncertainty which continues to torment her to this day and will do so until she reaches her goal in life which so far has proved to be so elusive. That goal, before she dies, is to discover exactly who she is and by making the courageous decision to publish this heart-rending account of her experiences, Jane is sincere in her wish to give hope and moral support to others out there who find themselves in similar circumstances.

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