I don't think I would add the sperm donor as a father unless it was a single parent birth; i.e., the mother was inseminated and planning to be a single mother. And then I would leave it as unknown. I would notate anything that could possibly identify that donor in the future in the notes; you never know when that child will medically need that information in the future. For all intents and purposes, these types of births are parented by the mother and father who are going to raise that child and I would record them as such and continue following those parents' family lines.
There are all sorts of philosophical issues and comments that could be presented but the question is simply about how to record it. There would be no way to follow the biological father's genealogy and creating a report for the child would require the parents who raised him. So for those reasons, I would not create a separate individual in my file for the biological parent but would notate any information in the child's notes. I think that's a fair question; although not specifically Legacy connected, it is connected to how to use the program. I imagine there are many questions that arise that could be applied to any genealogy program and I think whenever one person asks a question like this, many of us benefit from the answers shared. I'm just sharing what I think I would do with that situation; I'm sure there are multiple ways. Kathy On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:40 AM, robert coburn <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure if my question is appropriate for the user group or not. If it > isn't please forgive me this is my first post. > I watched a news report several days ago concerning a sperm donor who had > fathered at least 15 children (several sets of twins) with different women. > The father was identified only by a donor number- no name. It seems like it > could get really messed up. Would each mother would have a phantom > "donor" spouse with the children from that "union" listed or would the > children only be listed as adopted by the original husband and spouse? Or is > there another solution? > I guess that the same questions would apply for an egg donor. > There is a donor sibling registry and the link is > http://www.donorsiblingregistry.com/ . > > How would a professional genealogist handle this in Legacy? > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
