He is the 'natural' child of his birth parents and 'adopted' child of his adoptive parents. This is really a straight forward situation. IMPORTANT: If you forward this e-mail, please highlight and delete the forwarding history, which includes my email address. It is a courtesy to me and others who do not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world. Deleting the history helps prevent Spammers from "harvesting" addresses and viruses from being spread. Thanks! In a message dated 12/1/2011 10:44:20 P.M. Central Standard Time, avws2601@sympatico.ca writes: I don't think this problem has been addressed before on this site. If it has then I've missed it. Over 40 years ago a family member gave her child up for adoption. Five years later, she married the father of the child and they went on to have two more children. Now after all these years they have all found each other and the secret was revealed. Now I'm pondering on how to enter this child into the family tree? He has a new surname and a family of his own. Suggestions please. Ali ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> He is the 'natural' child of his birth parents and 'adopted' child of his adoptive parents. This is really a straight forward situation. For some folks, the NAME of the adopted child is an issue. If there was an adoption, it would be easy enough to document. One COULD put in more than one name, making the newly coined name at the adoption the preferred name and giving the date of the adoption as the date thereof. John Okerson Memphis, TN