Ron Gooden wrote:
> Genealogy - What does it mean? Does it mean coming from my Genes? If so,
> show does same sex information become part of Genealogy? It doesn't come
> from their Genes, but from the Genes of others. From what I can see Legacy
> is a Genealogy program that tracks Genes from one couple that produced
> children to another. That is it's purpose because that is the natural order
> of life, human or animal.
Point well made. Same sex relationships are genealogically irrelevant. I have a
relationship with my cat in that we live under the same roof. I love him dearly,
but he isn't or ever will be relevant to my family genealogy. The relationship
produces nothing that would contribute to the family heritage. He adopted me <G>
but that doesn't make us a family. We're roommates, nothing more. If you want to
track an inheritance get a home lawyer program - this is tangential to genealogy.
This sort of thing can be put into notes ie: aunt Harriet got the Van Gogh.
> It is helpful to know that children who are adopted can be added to a
> "family" and information about that adoption noted in notes or source
> information. If natural families use this method, why is it so troublesome
> for those who have same sex information?
Could it be that there are those who have an agenda other than genealogy? Legacy
is for recording real families. Genealogical "political correctness" has no place
in family history - only revisionist history. Same sex genealogy is an oxymoron.
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Mike in Oregon
