Karl, There is no right or wrong way to do genalogy, no laws mandate how it is to be done. I personally strive 1st to follow the legal guardian/parent as you do, but I also try to keep the biological connections where I can. Luckily in PAF it allows a person to have multiple fathers, mulitiple mothers and it Allows you to mark them as biological, adoptive, etc. Alan Jones Mission Viejo, Calif. -----Original Message----- From: Jenealogy [mailto:jenealogy@earthlink.net] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:39 PM To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Re: Acknowledging gay marriages in PAF--LDS content From my understanding...Your roots follow the "legal" guardian or parent. That is the way I am doing it. Is that incorrect? If we are suppose to go by biological I am going to be up a tree. Within 3 generations we have several out of wedlock, adoptive, "affair children" and other situations that would definitely cause anxiety & frustration. So which track do you take? - Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Lundy" <ltlundy@comcast.net> To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:06 AM Subject: [PAF-5] Re: Acknowledging gay marriages in PAF--LDS content > I have a question -- from an LDS standpoint -- a gay couple would > never be sealed (guess someone could "lie" them in) or have children > sealed to them (unless things changed for one of them). So why not > just link children to biological or adoptive parents, whichever case > if known (or as unknown), who > are not gay? What about children of sperm donors, known or unknown? > Some children (of sperm donors) have found their biological fathers. > I have read > of actual cases. And then there are the rare cases of surrogate > mothers. These are all very interesting genealogical questions. > > Just wondering........ > > Trudy > > > > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > AVG Anti-Virus Users > Disable the 'Certify outgoing messages' option via the E-mail Scanner > tab. > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Connecting the World One GEDCOM at a Time http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/