Godparent issue

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Peace and blessings,

About 23 years ago when I was in the military overseas a fellow serviceman who was a casual friend (not really close) asked me to be his soon-to-be-born baby’s godfather. I agreed because he said he didn’t really have anyone else he felt he could ask. As I recall the baptism was held back in the States with his sister as godmother and someone standing in for me as godfather. I have no proof of this though. Soon after I deployed to a different base in the States and we never communicated again. I have thought about him and whether or not I was really his child’s godfather during these 23 years. Well, I recently saw that he was a Facebook friend of a mutual former military friend we knew way back when. I’m wondering if I should ping him to see if he remembers me and to find out if I’m his child’s godfather. If he says I am, well, I don’t know what I should do at that point. I don’t even know if he had a boy or girl. No name, nothing. And, honestly, I really don’t have a desire to start any sort of relationship with this guy, not even on Facebook. I feel this is a moral conundrum! Jesus, Mary, Joseph!!

Any advice? :confused:

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Since he asked you to be the child’s godfather, it is unusual that he did not get in touch with you to tell you if it was a boy or girl. That would have been something he should have done

Now that the child is 23 years old, it seems to me that any responsibility you would have been expected to have is over.

If you are not inclined to start a relationship with him then do not mention it. That is your decision.
 
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