Hi listers, I've been following the adoption thread and find the way to list parents interesting. My cousin was adopted by friends, so I list him in with his biological family, and with adoptive parents.
I have a friend who used donor sperm for her twins, there was another participant/parent but it will never be known. I'm sure there are many other examples of where one or two of the biological parent/s are just not going to be listed. Then there's surrogate pregnancies, I don't have any surrogate pregnancies in my file, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. Tricky stuff for those who list DNA. In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures a child is often passed over to a sibling or cousin, sometimes grandparent to raise. That child then has more than one set of parents, but one set of biological parents. I don't have the answers for these issues, but it will be interesting to see what Legacy 7 and other software will come up with to keep up with society's trends. Cheers Tracy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
