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Issue 6 > Casebook > Searching For Keir Hardie's True Kin
Amber Strang investigates YFH reader Linda Aitken's belief that she is related to the founder of the Labour Party through his mysterious father.
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I have now got my copy of issue 6, and it makes really interesting reading! Actually, it has made me more convinced than ever that my g-g grandfather William Aitken was the biological father of Keir Hardie. The fact that Keir Hardie is registered at birth as James Keir Aitken - and William Aitken's father was called James ... It was a tradition in Scotland to name the first son after the paternal grandfather. The part about Portsea prison is also fascinating - especially to see that out of the 10 prisoners listed, 2 came from Ireland, and 3 from Scotland! I have looked it up on the internet and it was a civil prison, rather than criminal - so I want to do more research on this. Thanks again to Amber for this - you don't know how much it means to my dad and myself.