I don't believe an adoption was needed if there was a fathers name on
the birth certificate.
And certainly if he raised you and was Dad I would put his line in
your tree perhaps with a note that he wasn't bio but Dad (if you feel
he was) Many sperm donor children are in this position.
Eliz
Not Today and Not without a Fight
(Anon)
For all that has been, thanks.
For all that will be, yes.
(Dag Hammarskjold)
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:19 PM, J.M. "Jay" Ingalls
<jay_inga...@pipeline.com> wrote:
> If he acted as your father and raised you, I would be very tempted to list
> you as adopted but then add a note that although he raised you, he never did
> the paper work to make it a legal adoption. A lot of people were raised that
> way before there was a legal adoption process. And a lot of people are
> assuming they are tracing their ancestors and they are not for that reason.
>
> Also, add the data you collected for his ancestry to FamilySearch.org and
> Ancestry.com and Rootsweb. No sense wasting all that effort, and it will
> help someone else in the future.
>
> Have you done the FamilyFinder test at FamilyTreeDNA.com? You might be
> surprised.
>
> Jay Ingalls
> ======================
>
> On 8/13/2014 2:27 PM, Larry Lee wrote:
>
> I would like to know how to handle this.
>
> The man who is named on my official birth certificate is not my biological
> father. All of my life up until both parents died I did not know this.
> Technically I am not adopted and he is not my true father but I don't see
> any way to denote this other than a birth note. Any suggestions?Â
>
> It is not an issue for me other than I don't need to show any ancestors for
> him and wasted a lot of time climbing a wrong tree unnecessarily.
>
> Larry Lee
> ldlee...@gmail.com
>
>
>
> Legacy User Group guidelines:
> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/
> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp
> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on
> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com).
> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
>
>
>
>
> Legacy User Group guidelines:
> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/
> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp
> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on
> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com).
> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/
Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp
Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our
blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com).
To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
