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From: Richard Brogger <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Step children and MAILMEN and Philosophic Musings
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 16:10:08 -0500
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Anne Hildrum wrote:
>
> What I would like is to be able to make a genealogy report
> from one of my oldest ancestors, and follow the family all the
> way down. I would also like have the children that are adopted,
> fostered or whatever included. I do however se the problem,
> that the descendants of the adopted child in 1823 has no bearing
> as a descendent of the much older ancestor, and if they were to be
> included
> they would look as descendants from the start person, as I would
> assume
> it is relatively simple to have the adopted children added with a note
> adopted
> after their name or something, I can see that is a problem in later
> generations.

Hi Anne, I do not see it as a problem. In my personal numbering
system I have a man (modified Henry # 12211B) who took in a child.
That child is 12211BX. Any letter from the end of the alphabet
appearing in a modified Henry number stands out. Her husband,
children and grandchildren all have numbers that begin with
12211BX. There is no confusion about how her family is related. She
is related and she has two numbers but 12211BX tells the story best.

TMG can recognize an adoptive relationship. Just as I flag adoptive
relationships with letters from the end of the alphabet, TMG could
flag any person and all of that person's descendants. I suspect that
most children who were adopted in 1823 were adopted by relatives. A
researcher may not know of the relationship but should be able to
enter all the descendants of the that adopted child and, in reports,
that lineage be included and distinguishable from "biological"
relations.

In a project such as you are doing, biological relationships are
part of the history but so are adoptions and all the other
relationships. I can certainly see how some changes in TMG could be
a great benefit to you.

If a story is ever confirmed, I will probably find an ancestor who
was adopted by a Brögger. Does that mean I will drop my Brogger
name study. Not in the least. It just means I have an additional
lineage to follow back through history. If that happens, I hope TMG
will be able to help me record and tell the tale of two families
accurately.

Richard

> On the other hand if I were to make such a report and everybody wanted
> all
> the descendants of the adopted child as well it would be relatively
> simple for me to
> add them myself if the adopted child was included, but not his/her
> descendants,
> as then I could just do a search for adopted, fostered or whatever and
> make another
> one that/those person and include it in the report.
>
> When you have a report of say 15.000 you have no idea who had adopted
> or fostered
> children, so going an and switch parents doesn't work.
> Don't tell me I may run a LOF since that is a function that doesn't
> work with my size file.
>
> Anne
>
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