Genealogy Chat

Due to the simple software GR use you couldn't add a second set of parents. As previously suggested the best option would be to register twice and have two trees,it would also avoid any problems at a later date when you have the question of tree viewing to deal with. You would only have to pay one membership and could use that membership for contact to other GR members,and it wouldn't matter which tree you were consulting. Glen

You cannot add multiple parents to an individual on GR, so some adoptees have registered twice and do their trees separately, or (in my case) I gave my hubby 2 wives - one my adopted self, and the other my birth self. Non-paying members can respond to contacts but cannot send an initial contact. There are various reasons why folk do not respond - some have lost interest, some have changed their email and forgotten to update their details on here, some have become ill or died, some are just plain rude. Liz

Hi Joy I'm not sure but think you may need to have two trees one for birth parents and one for adopted parents. Perhaps someone else will have a better idea. Good luck with your searches. Heather

hallo Joy and Rob It's 7.58 am in England and I'm off to work soon. I don't know about your first point, but if you put 'Adoption/Blood parents' in your thread title, people with the same situation as yours will see it. I think you probably can't. 2nd point Some people respond instantly, some after a few hours/days/weeks and some never. Some people put their tree on GR get disheartened and never return. Others change their e-mail address etc. Some of them are on holiday or their computer is down. Good luck and please post again, but you'll find the time difference means your messages will probably only be answered when you're in bed!

Hi there Elizabeth and thanks for you reply. It's good to know that the message will go to her email address. At least we know now she will almost certainly read it. I just hate the waiting.....lol...... Wouldn't it be nice if things happened immediately....but I suppose we've waited this long to find out more, a few more days or weeks won't hurt. Here's hoping it's that quick... Thanks for your reply again Joy PS....Yes we are aussies..

Hello and welcome. Are you in Australia? I only ask this because this time of day it's mostly us Aussies as the UK lot are sleeping. If you don't get any answers, go back to this message and Add Reply to yourself. Just type'nudge' and it will go to the top of the list so others will see it. Your first question I can't answer, however your second one I can. Any emails you send will be sent to the persons email address, but sometimes they are no longer members, or just don't answer. Remember they could be on holidays, etc as well. Hope that helps.

Hi there I am a new member to GR and quite frankly, I am lost.... My husband was adopted and we would like to try and put in our family tree, both his adopted parents and birth parents.... How do we do this.... Is there a way of added 2 sets of parents ? Different Dad's ? for different children ??? Also, we have emailed someone from here and haven't heard anything from them, do they have to sign into GR to get the messages off the site, or do they go to their email address ?? We're hoping the later, as who knows how often they sign into GR Any help would be appreciated... Joy..... Rob's wife... :o)