Very interestingly the UK’s no.1 family history site has chosen a name that reflects a biological perception of the notion of family.
As the site offers to Search for your ancestors in 669 million family trees, census, birth, marriages, death and military records, the genetic affiliation brings up questions. Are familial ties through marriage or adoption no longer relevant? With the growing numbers of divorces, step-parents, same sex marriages (where only one parent can be biological kin) egg and sperm donations and adoption, why does this website aim to satisfy a desire to reunite with one’s fellow genes?
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Simple - genetics don’t go away, even if the people around us do.
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