I include adoptees with a notation that they are adopted. Legally, they do become part of the family, so they should be included, but since they are not "blood" relatives, the notation takes care of that. ALSO, and this is a very large and important fact, they do not feel rejected and you don't end up causing and being in the middle of a whirlwind/feud. Joan Earnshaw ----- Original Message ----- From: John Rhymes<mailto:jonrhy@yahoo.com> To: marshall-l@rootsweb.com<mailto:marshall-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: [MARSHALL] In name only? Is an adopted child to be included in a family genealogy? He has not a drop of the family's blood line, yet he does have the family's name. How do you handle that? Regards, John www.our-domain.net/home.html<http://www.our-domain.net/home.html> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARSHALL-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MARSHALL-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message