Biology 101: In human reproduction there is always an egg and a sperm! Whether the contributors were married, cohabited outside of marriage, had consensual sex, used artificial insemination, or any other means of bringing the egg and sperm together, there was still a female who contributed the egg and a male who contributed the sperm. That means there were names of those contributors to enter into Legacy, though they may not always be available to us as researchers. How we label the relationship between the two contributors is optional, but the method of fertilization being something other than the classic sexual relationship between two married heterosexual adults does not make either contributor go away, no matter how we think of them. There was always a mother and a father, or if you insist, a male and a female contributor. :-)
John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ On 9/28/2012 11:01 AM, Pat Hickin wrote: > Brian wrote, "there must have been a relationship between > a man and a woman to have a child." > > But with /in vitro/ fertilization I don't think there has > to be a relationship. > > Not what I would call a relationship anyway. > > Pat > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook > (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
