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#64 adoptions / same-sex families

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nobody
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2005-07-04
2005-07-04
lquilter
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GenerationX has problems with both adoptions & same-sex families.
There is no work-around, and it causes real problems with the
program. (But not fatal in the sense of crashing.)

Adoptions:
Mom A and Dad B have a daughter C. Mom A & Dad B divorce.
Mom A remarries Dad D. Dad D now wishes to adopt daughter C.
Unfortunately, adding this bit of information in caused the program
to somehow track Mom A as Dad D's daughter -- clearly inaccurate
and troublesome.

Same-Sex Families:
This one is going to obviously cause problems, since so much of
the program's defaults are based on gender. That should probably
change to be more flexible. For instance, when I added a same-sex
marriage, it doesn't show up under the other person.

These two problems together will certainly cause more problems. In
these days of open adoptions and blended families, the software
recreation of two-parent, male-female couple defaults just make
tracking what's really going on very difficult.

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