Elaine, Personally, I think you have it exactly right. Researching a bloodline seems to me to be pretty much for the purposes of "proving" a blood kinship, not necessarily a family relationship. We are documenting families. I've come across a few adopted ancestors in my own family. I was not adopted but was raised by foster parents. I will trace my biological line, although I can only be certain of the biological connection for a generation or two. Beyond that who really knows if ancestors are biological or adopted? But I will also trace my foster family, partly because that is the family that was really family to me, and partly because no one else has shown any interest in doing so. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM" <etm1935@yahoo.com> To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Acknowledging gay marriages in PAF--LDS content > Adoptions are frequent in my family. I am not > researching a bloodline, I am documenting a > family. My niece's two sons are members of my > family. They are the children of a single parent > and that's precisely the way I want to enter it in > a genealogy program. She doesn't have an > "unknown" husband. She never had a husband. She > may or may not ever have a husband, if she does, I > will enter him in the program. She is a single > parent who applied, qualified under the rules, and > adopted two children. Is that so difficult for a > program to handle? > > Elaine > > If the police arrest a mime, do they tell > him he has the right to remain silent? > > Hello Alan > > On Saturday, May 28, 2005, you wrote > >> On 5/28/05, ETM <etm1935@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well I could suggest that my niece give the kids >>> back to the foundling home that got rid of them, >>> but I think that's a bit harsh. However, she >>> isn't married, probably doesn't intend to marry, >>> didn't personally have these illegitimate >>> children, and the inability to remove that UNKNOWN >>> husband tag is an annoyance. >>> > >> So if I understand you correctly, your real >> problem the inability to remove >> UNKNOWN from the husband tag? I am almost >> 100% sure we all have UNKNOWN >> family. I know that your niece´s choices in >> life may have caused you >> heartache, and being a single mother is not an easy life choice. > > >> Genealogy is by definition: > > >> 1. A record or table of the descent of a >> person, family, or group from >> an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree. >> 2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree. >> 3. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories. > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD - Free Access to England and Wales Civil Registration Index > Volunteer as a Transcriber Today! > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > >