I think this goes back to your point of only entering the exceptions. Mary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Janetzko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adoption / Natural - Biological
Leon,
I'm afraid that I have to disagree with you on the "Father: Biological" status, although I realize that this will not be a popular argument.
Unless you have a conclusive DNA test, you do NOT KNOW the biological father of a child. The very best that you actually know is that a man is the PRESUMED biological father of a child.
Even if you have a birth certificate, the doctor is only certifying that the MOTHER gave birth to the child, not that the FATHER listed is the true biological father of the child. He enters as the father anyone whom the mother tells him to enter, which sometimes requires great leaps of faith.
We all have heard of many cases where a mother is uncertain as to the true paternity of a child. If she is married she may choose to list her husband, or if she is single she may list a boyfriend, whether it is the most current one, the favorite one, or the richest one. In other cases the mother may know for a fact that her husband is NOT the biological father of her child, but she will list him anyway, since that is more convenient for social and legal purposes.
And let's not pretend that such things have never happened in OUR family, since we don't know that to be factual, only wishful thinking. If we want to use the term "biological" in reference to the mother of a child, that can probably be justified. But in almost every case, "presumed biological" is the most accurate we can be in terms of the father.
Bob
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Leon Chapman Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 09:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adoption / Natural - Biological
This has been a very good discussion for me. I want to thank everyone with
their ideas on this Natural / Biological / Adoption discussion.
Based on the comments, I have gone into the Master Child List and added the
following five (5) Child Status Events:
Biological Father: Adopted, Mother: Biological Father: Biological Father: Biological, Mother: Unknown Father: Step, Mother: Biological
I will not be using any of the Child Status List events that have a term of
"Natural" in them - the word natural is always replaced by "Biological".
************* In my following example: Father (A) & Mother (B) are married: Mother (B) has a son out of wedlock. Father (A) adopts the son as part of A & B's family
So, the Mother (B) is the biological mother The Father (A) is the adopted or step father.
So, for Child Status I have selected -- "Father Adopted/Mother Biological"
For Relation to Father -- Adopted For Relation to Mother -- Biological *************
Thanks for all the input and clarifying this issue for me.
Chap
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