From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Mar 24 14:01:33 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2OL1Xjb019230; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:01:33 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2OL1TAV026349 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:01:29 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2OIUMFI020839 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:30:22 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2OIUMaD020838 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:30:22 -0500 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [63.173.235.138]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2OEuHFI020419 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:56:17 -0500 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [127.0.0.1]) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2OHRCW7030644 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:27:12 -0800 Received: (from karen@localhost) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id k2OHRCCM030642 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:27:12 -0800 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2OHNrjb014883 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:23:53 -0700 Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.185]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2OHNkPI016269 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:23:47 -0700 Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c31so485252nfb for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:23:46 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=MMTRA7TF79GUEm9/K9HmIlpK+32ajnBnL7KhtpBv0rACbQtEAjiv2/3WKKKDg9lfTXYHTdXsoyOffDvGk+ePa2nDwFyn8QhSa8FoJnw1JfzINzc3JxP72shD29XK77rHakXCgLMmw6vFgAxhFm0WoMGQBM7LUkl6dnF1RZv33bg= Received: by 10.48.127.6 with SMTP id z6mr344891nfc; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:23:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.31.13 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:23:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7bb974980603240923y53aba711o16a2021062c583a6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:23:46 -0800 From: "Colleen Robledo" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200603232333.k2NNXWN4028430@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <200603232333.k2NNXWN4028430@lists5.rootsweb.com> Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #137 Hi Bobbie, For formal adoptions, I treat them like any other child, and enter then under their legal surname. For foster children, I enter them under their legal (birth parents) surname, unless a legal adoption occured further down the road. I'm adopted, so this is an issue that always comes up when I help people with genealogy. I know some people feel different, but I believe my "family history" is just that.... my "family's" history. Family are the ones who's customs, beliefs, love, and guidance I've inherited (and quirks too!). For me, genealogy doesn't depend on a bloodline (the ony bummer is that I can't use my own DNA to estabalish relationships, it has to be my parents or my natural-born sibling. I also trace my fiance's genealogy, and that gets a little more tricky because he honestly considers both his natural father and his stepfather to be "Dad", and both sets of family to be family...there's no distinction for him. So, of course, he wants me to trace both sets of families. I just keep them under the appropriate surnames, and only show a "legal" connection for the 2nd marriage of my fiance's mother to his stepfather. Otherwise, the families never intersect. Hope that helps. Colleen Robledo (Orange County, CA) http://www.colleenrobledo.info/familyhistory