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Adding Biological Parents to my records

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Deirdre

Deirdre Report 23 Jul 2009 19:19

I have recently found out that one member of my family was adopted soon after birth. I have their adoptive parents included in my records as I didn't previously know about this. Can anyone tell me how I now go about adding the biological parents to my family history records? Not sure how to handle this!

Deirdre

Deirdre Report 24 Jul 2009 03:37

Thank you for your help with this! It is a rather delicate situation as the person in question never knew they were adopted and we only found out recently and unfortunately not before the person died.
I think your suggestion is a good one and I will certainly try it.
Once again.. thank you!

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 24 Jul 2009 05:20

It depends what family tree software you're using. Family Tree Maker, for example, gives you the option of adding more than one set of parents to an individual. You then specify each parent-child relationship, e.g. as "Natural", "Adopted", etc.

If you mean your tree here on GR, no you can't do this - you have to select one set of parents, or as suggested above, add the individual twice.

Thelma

Thelma Report 24 Jul 2009 11:56

One way on Genes is to link one of the adoptive parents to one of the Biological parents.Explain why,in the notes.
There is a change parents option next to "edit tools" so you can switch between the two sets.

Deirdre

Deirdre Report 24 Jul 2009 14:21

Thanks to all for your help!