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adoptive vs. birth family

adoptive vs. birth family

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 8:43AM GMT
Classification: Query
I have a relative who was adopted. She later found her birth family (siblings). I think the adoption was informal. She listed her birth-parents on her marriage certificate but considered her adoptive parents as her family. She became close to her birth siblings however. I don't know how to handle this on a family tree. Who do I list as her parents? Can I list both? Or is it strictly "blood relations"?

Re: adoptive vs. birth family

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 12:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
You can list both an mark the birth parents as biological and the adoptive parents as adoptive. It does permit listing multiple parents.

Re: adoptive vs. birth family

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 2:01AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks so much for your reply. I wasn't sure if I had to stick to just "biological" family due to bloodlines, but when someone is adopted I do believe their adoptive relatives deserve a place in the tree as well!!!!

Re: adoptive vs. birth family

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 1:07AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Jan 2014 1:08AM GMT
Speaking of bloodlines though, unless you want to make a present of a genealogy for the adoptive parents, you might not want to research their family line any further back.

For lineage societies, for example, you have to go with the bloodline.
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