Working on my family tree to share with the extended family at a reunion and am running into a dilemma with adoptions that I don't know how to deal with.
Trying to be sensitive to others while being honest with tree. Cases all in the present time.
One scenerio...... George marries Anne who has a child Tom by a previous relationship. George adopts the child so everyone is using the same family name.
Second ......... Alfred and Barbara cannot have children so they adopt a baby.... this one I can get my head around.... the wording I'm using is "they have a chosen daughter:
Three.... just landed in my lap...... Cathy and Peter have two children... Peter's brother's daughter, Susie, is stranded by poor (in the moral sense) parents and aged grandparents so they are adopting her.
For the sake of discussion all names are made up. George, Alfred and Cathy are my relations.... Anne, Barbara and Peter married in.
Personally I would ignore Tom and Susie and their descendents in my tree. The hobby is genealogy,,, blood lines etc but these are current people with feelings.
I'm not adopted... and don't have any experience with the emotions that go with the adoption choice
So asking for feedback from those that do.
I supposed the best solution is to just be honest in the printed tree. Then in a couple of generations when someone finds a copy the correct relationship is reported.
Trying to be sensitive to others while being honest with tree. Cases all in the present time.
One scenerio...... George marries Anne who has a child Tom by a previous relationship. George adopts the child so everyone is using the same family name.
Second ......... Alfred and Barbara cannot have children so they adopt a baby.... this one I can get my head around.... the wording I'm using is "they have a chosen daughter:
Three.... just landed in my lap...... Cathy and Peter have two children... Peter's brother's daughter, Susie, is stranded by poor (in the moral sense) parents and aged grandparents so they are adopting her.
For the sake of discussion all names are made up. George, Alfred and Cathy are my relations.... Anne, Barbara and Peter married in.
Personally I would ignore Tom and Susie and their descendents in my tree. The hobby is genealogy,,, blood lines etc but these are current people with feelings.
I'm not adopted... and don't have any experience with the emotions that go with the adoption choice
So asking for feedback from those that do.
I supposed the best solution is to just be honest in the printed tree. Then in a couple of generations when someone finds a copy the correct relationship is reported.
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