Schkeuditz (Saxony) – What a test for love! After three years of relationship and a romantic engagement, Winnie (31) and her Marko (38) wanted to say yes, until it came out: According to the office, he has been married for a long time – and even has a child!
For the 31-year-old, her world collapsed. Had Marko hidden a family from her? He desperately protested his innocence.
Official documents showed marriage and children
But from the beginning: Because the two of them Saxony If they wanted to get married in neighboring Poland, they needed, among other things, an extract from the birth register of the hometown. When the documents finally arrived, Winnie could hardly believe her eyes.
According to the documents, Marko had already officially married another woman in Nuremberg (Bavaria) on August 18, 2014 and even had a daughter with her!
“It was an absolute shock at that moment. I immediately started crying,” the fiancée told News5. “You first think: Oh my God, my whole life is about to be turned upside down.”
However, her Marko swore that he was single. When he called the registry office in his birthplace of Hoyerswerda (Saxony), they said: There may have been a mistake, but a correction could take up to six months.
Fiancée looked for the other woman herself
Die Wedding but should take place in May. So Winnie went looking for the other woman herself.
She found the mysterious spouse on social networks. She finally explained that her ex-husband, like Marko, came from Hoyerswerda and that they both lived in Nuremberg in 2014 got married.
So it’s all just a mix-up? Apparently the entry was actually only slipped on one side, as Judith Maschlanka, head of the Nuremberg registry office, explained.
“In this case we had the birth record of this wrong child and the marriage record of the wrong marriage. We were then able to send the documents to the German register and fortunately we didn’t have to go to court,” says Maschlanka.
The correct documents are now with him Pair arrived. The office in Hoyerswerda also apologized. Winnie: “We see it with humor now. We will probably tell the story to our grandchildren. I’m glad it turned out so well and that we trust each other.”