If there was no legal adoption then the child should not be listed as
such......she should be listed with her own bio nuclear family. That
said, if the bio family is blood related then that is the end of it
(notes of course to clarify) but if she was the child of a non related
family, i. e. friend, and raised as one of their own then it is not so
easy. You can certainly show this individual in the "adoptive" family as
well but be very clear with your explanation as to just who she is and
the circumstances as to the connection with the new family. Or, you can
leave her off the children listing and in notes, or an event, lay out
the situation in detail. If you decide to list her be sure to use the
proper surname, not the name of her new family as this would be
incorrect. I see nothing wrong with showing her as a child as long as
the name is correct and details are recorded elsewhere.
Tom.........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative Book - child status
Hi, Tom
you wrote
I did not receive this original thread
no worries ... my problem is, an "adopted" child who is listed exactly
the same as the biological children in the family sentence, thus
"John Lewis and Elspeth Beatson married ... they had four children,
Elizabeth, John, Janet and James."
Because the surnames are not shown, you can't tell that Elizabeth was
_not_ their biological child, her surname was _not_ Lewis but Morwood.
if the last name was not changed then the individual
*usually* is not a court ordered adoption.
there was never a
formal adoption process.....the term used, however, was "adopted". In
these cases the individual can be placed in both families but
"adopted" should be used *only" when it is a legal court action.
I have found no record of formal adoption, but the word "adoption" was
always used in the family. So what does one call the relationship??
Cheers,
Mary Young
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