Stan, Thank you for taking the time to post this. It is the best I ever read. If you don't mind may I copy and use it the next time I am asked about this subject? Ann
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 6:33 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Recording an Event in Lieu of Marriage > Similarly marriage isn't really related to biology. Folks get married and > have children; folks have children without getting married. Folks get > married, have children, sometimes by others than their lawful spouses. > > Someday, a genealogy program will properly handle these relationships. > > There are biological parents, which are what you need when you are > tracking > bloodlines, inherited conditions, and so forth. > > There are legal relationships, which deal with who is a family, who > inherits > property and goods, who can act as family, and how families are created > and > broken and reformed. > > There are religious relationships, which vary by religion. A member of > LDS > may have slightly different interests than a Jewish researcher, or a > Hindu, > or what have you. A patriarchal line may have different requirements than > a > matriarchal line. > > And there are social relationships, which may envelope any of the above, > and > more. John and Edna Smith die, and their son William is taken in by the > Brown family...but no legal papers ever formalized the arrangement. > There's > no blood connection, there's no legal connection - and yet they might > provide for him in their will, he might give his children a "Brown" name, > either first, middle, or maybe even last. > > Those who chose "marriage" as the basic unit for genealogy miss the point. > If you're tracking bloodlines, you are tracking successful matings; > nothing > more, nothing less. If you're looking at families...who inherits, what > titles come down, etc...you may need to deal with the legal situations. > An > adopted son or daughter may or may not inherit a title, for example, > depending on the laws of the time and place. > > There are a number of pretty good programs out there. But not a one > handles > all of these situations. (And yet that's what a relational database is > supposed to be GOOD at. <sigh>) > > Stan Young > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve > Hayes > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 01:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Recording an Event in Lieu of Marriage > > > On 20 Apr 2006 at 20:44, Ed Norris wrote: > > > In Massachusetts, marriage between same sex couples is legal and thus > > good > > genealogy. > > Bad biology. > > Of course when cloning *really* gets going, that may change, but I doubt > that > it will make for better genealogy. > > I'd records such an event as a "Domestic Partnership" under events. > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > trip > to Salt Lake's Family History Library. 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