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AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 28 Feb 2009 09:45

Ferocious Dragon found in town. Now that I have your attention!! Hope I haven't asked this question before. I'm now up to entering this bit. There may not be a correct or incorrect answer. Would like opinion. If you had an adoption in your family tree. Person adopted just after birth and name changed. Always knew of adoption but never bothered to seek info. Have done research and now know most of the story.

Do you show the person on the family tree by birth name or by adoptive name.

Added twist the adoptive and birth families are connected.

If I show the connection in the birth name with a link to the adoptive parents there is a virtual stranger in the centre of the family tree. If I show the adoptive name the tree assumes that the person is the biological child of the adoptive parents.

I know I can add all sorts of notes in the background but that doesn't show when you look at the tree.

Ferocious Dragon seen running off with beautiful maiden. (Just so you don't get bored).

Val

mamiddau

mamiddau Report 28 Feb 2009 15:05

Hi, I'm assuming there is no "right" way. I just put my (adopted) little sister in with all her names and let her look like the biological daughter of my parents, but with notes explaining.....not ideal, but she is part of our family and this felt like the right way for me to do it!

that was probably not much help....and some of the more experianced people on here will be more useful to you!

thanks, e

Kate

Kate Report 28 Feb 2009 16:40

Well, I'm adopted but I'm on my tree on here as the child of my adoptive parents - my birth parents aren't mentioned at all - but that's partly because I'm not looking for biological relations and partly because I think of myself as being the child of my adoptive parents, having been adopted as a baby.

Suppose you could put a note on the adopted child - if anybody views your tree they will be able to see it when they browse.

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 28 Feb 2009 19:29

Thank you for your answers. Surprisingly the request to be put on the tree under the biological parents came from the person concerned. I had entered them under the adoptive parents whom they had always recognised as mother and father.

I have entered the biological information into the record and it is there when you read the detailed notes. I think I need to do a bit more talking.

Ta muchly, Val