A WOMAN who discovered she was pregnant with a Bradford-born footballer's baby just days after his funeral is set to appear on a primetime TV show tonight.
BBC’s The One Show has been filming with Jordan Sinnott's fiancee Kelly Bossons since 2021, as she battles to change the law for bereaved mums and babies.
Jordan was just 25 when he died in hospital in January 2020 after being punched a number of times and knocked to the floor in a brutal assault in Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Their daughter Maisie Jordan Sinnott is now two years old.
But because Kelly and Jordan weren’t married, his name wasn’t allowed to be put on the birth certificate, and the space for father was left blank.
Kelly said: “Jordan wanted nothing more out of his life than to have kids, and it’s been taken away from him. It’s just so unfair.”
If they had been married, his name would have been on the certificate automatically. Unmarried parents aren’t allowed the same rights.
Despite sharing a mortgage, and having the support of his family, grieving new mum Kelly was told she would have to go to court.
This is despite the fact that over half of the babies in the UK are now born to unmarried parents.
During filming, Kelly met with campaigning mums Orlanda Bryars and Joana Niemeyer who also lost their partners while pregnant. They weren’t married either.
Orlanda, ambassador for charity Widowed and Young (WAY), said: “WAY has been campaigning so that registrars could have the power to make a judgment themselves rather than having to go through a court system which is costly and unnecessary – and traumatic.”
But the law has yet to change. Kelly had to fight in court.
Jordan's mum, Mel Tait, provided a DNA sample to prove that Jordan was Maisie's dad. Kelly had, of course, known this all along.
Finally, Kelly received a birth certificate with Jordan’s name included.
After her two-year battle, Kelly added: “We shouldn't have had to fight to get this. We were entitled to this in the first place.”
Now, Kelly and Jordan's family want something positive to come out of the tragic situation. They have launched a foundation in his memory - The Jordan Sinnott Foundation.
The film for The One Show was made by Leeds-based Screenhouse Productions Ltd.
It will appear during this evening's show at 7pm on BBC One.
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