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adding adoptive parents and birth parents

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Jennie

Jennie Report 19 Oct 2006 19:51

Hi i am trying to sort my grandma out with her tree on here and have hit a hurdle straight away. I want to put her adoptive parents on her for her but also put her birth parents on here is there anyway of doing this. Many thanks Jen

Sam

Sam Report 19 Oct 2006 20:01

No is the simple answer. A lot of people have two trees, one for birth family and one for adoptive family. Sam x

Dizzy Lizzy 205090

Dizzy Lizzy 205090 Report 19 Oct 2006 20:03

When I did mine I gave my husband 2 wives - my birth self and my adoptive self. It is the only way to do it if you don't want 2 trees. Liz

Jennie

Jennie Report 19 Oct 2006 20:07

Thanks i think i will try and include it in my tree some how maybe duplicate grandma as i will always know what it means. Thanks again Jen