>It is just totally absurd to say that it is improper to show an >adopted child as a child in her adopted family. It is if she is NOT "an adopted child." She is my motherin-law's stepdaughter and father-in-law's daughter. They never had to worry about such legal requirements back then, but sadly, times have sure change that! David <clip> MSgt David E. Cann, USMC (Ret'd) Phone: 540-372-7868 Fax: 540-372-7707 E-mail: decann@infi.net Family home page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann