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Are you named on the birth certificate as a parent?
In any case, you should be able to register your child as a British citizen using Form MN1 under Section 3(1). Also see Registration of children as British citizens guidance from Page 19 onwards.Section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1981 wrote:(5)Where—
(a)...
(b)a minor who is not a British citizen is adopted under a Convention adoption,
that minor shall, if the requirements of subsection (5A) are met, be a British citizen as from the date on which the order is made or the Convention adoption is effected, as the case may be effected under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
(5A)Those requirements are that on the date on which the order is made or the Convention adoption is effected (as the case may be)—
(a)the adopter or, in the case of a joint adoption, one of the adopters is a British citizen; and
(b)in a case within subsection (5)(b), the adopter or, in the case of a joint adoption, both of the adopters are habitually resident in the United Kingdom or in a designated territory.
On many forms, it is now updated as "Parent 1" and "Parent 2", but they have obviously not got around to this form.Section 50 (Interpretation) of the British Nationality Act 1981 wrote:(9)For the purposes of this Act a child’s mother is the woman who gives birth to the child.