 | Pedigree Enumeration |
An enumeration indicating the type of child-to-family relationship represented by the superstructure.
Namespace: Patagames.GedcomNetSdk.Enums
Assembly: Patagames.Gedcom.Net.Sdk (in Patagames.Gedcom.Net.Sdk.dll) Version: 1.0.8
SyntaxMembers| Member name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adopted | 0 | Adoptive parents |
| Birth | 1 | Family structure at time of birth |
| Foster | 2 | The child was included in a foster or guardian family |
| Sealing | 3 | The child was sealed to parents other than birth parents |
| Other | 4 | A value not listed here; should have a PHRASE substructure |
Remarks
It is known that some users have interpreted Birth to mean “genetic parent” and others to mean “social parent at time of birth”.
Definitions differ in many circumstances (infidelity, surrogacy, sperm donation, and so on).
Hence, applications should refrain from asserting it has either meaning in imported data.
The structures for foster children in particular, and family relationships in general, are known to have undesirable limitations and are likely to change in a future version of this specifcation.
Sealing implies that a SLGC event was performed, and it is recommended that this enumeration value only be used when the SLGC event is present in the GEDCOM file.
Adopted, on the other hand, only implies a social relationship which may or may not have any associated ADOP event.
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