How to make a stepfather, the adoptive father

Started by Karen Elizabeth Snow on Monday, January 22, 2024
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Can't figure out how to easily make the stepfather of a child ( LIVING - so unable to show path to his profile), become the adoptive father of the child. When I show him as being born along with his brother to his correct parents and then after his mother's divorce she marries another man who becomes his stepfather, it doesn't give me an option that I can see easily, to turn the stepfather, into the adoptive father as the child and his brother now become legally adopted by the stepfather and take on his Surname.

What does the child currently have?

If the child currently has bio-mom and bio-dad,
And mom-husband2 being reported as his stepfather

Think you use Move to connect the child to mom-husband2 as father-child, so you now have more than two parents for the child,
Then
Go to the child's profile, click edit,
Click the Relationships Tab at the top of the edit screen
then choose adoptive parents for bio-mom and mom-husband2
It seems wrong, but if she is bio-mom with bio-dad, system will know someplace sort of that she is not adoptive.

This shows how to use move: https://help.geni.com/hc/en-us/articles/229703267-How-can-I-show-mo...
I cannot find a Help Topic that just shows how to use Move, but this includes it with other stuff you do not need.

Giving them his surname is done in edit -- original surname in Birth Surname Field, new one in Last name field.

Remember for this and actions in my post above - click save.

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