My Congrats to you, too, Doug. My sister-in-law, Carol was adopted. But, as you know, she researched our family as if it were her own. She did it for her boys, too, of course. I looked upon her as more my younger sis than my sister-in-law. She never really found out who her biological parents were, but I believe and hope she considered herself a WALDRON,THOMAS, ROBLEE, etc. Love is love and it is the person who counts not their family tree, even though genealogy is lots of fun. Give those babies a kiss for all of us! JEAN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alger and Walcott Family" <asr141@copper.net> To: <ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: RE: New Addition to the Family Lines > Congratuations Doug! Your sentiments, and experiences, about family match > mine as well. My birthfather died when I was a baby -- I was adopted by my > stepfather, and feel no less his child than than my 3 younger sibs who are > actually his birthchildren. As for genealogy, I research with equal > enthusiasm my mother's line, my birthfather's and my "adoptive" father's. I > belong to a genealogy list for my genealogy software. The members, even so > often, in discussing how to handle various step and adoptive relationships > in the software, veer into what is legitimate family and what is not. This > annoys me. I hold a master's degree in family studies. I remember long, > fervent discussion about the definition of family. In the end, we concluded > that family is who you consider to be family - period. That is - family is > as family does! > > This feeling is partly why I don't feel threatened by possible DNA results > that would indicate, for example, that my grandfather Rublee, isn't really a > Rublee, due to a secret adoption, a marital or non-marital indescretion, or > whatever, somewhere down the line. That finding would not interrupt my sense > of belonging. Yes, it would require a re-balancing of my thoughts - but it > would affect my relationship to my own family one iota. > > Enjoy your babies! You are very fortunate to have your little ones close > by! > > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: doug.detling@greencity.org [mailto:doug.detling@greencity.org] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:14 AM > To: ROBLEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: New Addition to the Family Lines > > > Though she won't be counted as a Bradt, Brott, Bunker, Detling or Roblee, > I'd like to announce an addition to our family: Isabel Alejandra Ruiz, b. at > 2:18 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2004, here in Medford, Oregon. Isabel is the > child (our third grandchild) of Myra Contreras, my wife Manuela's youngest > daughter, and her boyfriend Javier Antonio Ruiz. > > For those who doubt that families do connect, I can safely dispute them with > these facts. Our six-year-old granddaughter (who's not directly related to > me but who calls me Dad every single day) had just as much fun playing with > my grandson (who's not related to her) shortly after his birth last April as > she did holding her cousin Isabel for hours on end since Isabel's birth > Tuesday. Way to go, Angel! She even kept her aunt Myra from holding her own > daughter--at least until the baby got hungry! > > Isabel and Myra came home today after a two-day stay in Rogue Valley Medical > Center; both are doing just great, and Isabel has now assumed her proper > place as the youngest drama queen in la familia Detling. > > Doug > > > ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== > If you're a ROBLEE, you might be related to a BRADT/BROTT. Find out on the > BRADT-L or BROTT-L lists at RootsWeb. > Send "subscribe" message to [listname]-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > ==== ROBLEE Mailing List ==== > Please visit our new web site - http://www.robleesonline.org/ >