Hi, I'm Robin Galloway and I'm new here.

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I'm just learning the system, and may need help making sure my father - cummins - 1339 - gets entered correctly. His genetic father was not the man his mother married. She divorced his legal father when he was a toddler, after his brother (half-brother) was born. Her second husband legally adopted him  - but he's not a blood relative, just a very dear man who legally adopted him and his is the name we all carry) Complicated, but this is where I start....

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Hi Again Robin

My Apologies I appear to have misread the profile number as a date/year number. So the pre 1700 will not be of any assistance to you. Apologies again. In regards to some of the places on your profile the following may be of interest to you

Look at the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:United_Kingdom for the links to Scotland and for Ireland https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Irish_Roots

For Italy there is the Italian roots project https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Italian_Roots

For the surnames check out https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:One_Name_Studies to see if they are on here this will allow you to collaborate if they are there or start a study yourself.

Have fun exploring

Janet

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Thank you for the leads, Janet!

Answer 1

Welcome to  this area. Robin,

Lilly Anderson G2G2

Answer 2

I have an entirely different set of genealogical problems, so I can't help you directly, but welcome to the 'Tree. You'll find lots of friendly, helpful people (and mostly they are both ;) here. Some find it a little confusing because it's nothing like a regular (read pay lots of money for) genealogy site, but it just takes a change in thinking. And we have have G2G so you always have a place to ask questions. And the golden rule is 'there's no such thing as a stupid question"!

Answer 3

Welcome, Robin!

Answer 4

Hi Robin,

Welcome to WikiTree.

I'm sure that your question has arisen before, however I'll give you a quick overview that might be adequate for your needs. If not, please reply.

It's important that you always enter the blood relatives appropriately, and of course that means showing the children of their respective birth parents (if known).

In effect, in the case of the entry for your father, show both spouses of your grandmother, and show your father born of his blood father. On the profile for his father, enter the birth of your father, but elaborate on the short parental envolvement in his biography.

For the adoptive father, you can show his as the non-biological father, and again elaborate on the adoption in his biography. You can also explain in greater detail in your faher's biography.

I hope that's of some assistance.

Norm.

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Thank you!

Answer 5

Robin ~

Hello and welcome!

I read what you have written on your father's profile and I believe you have the surnames in their proper place.  Unless his surname on his birth certificate was Maggia.  But if I understand correctly, it wasn't.  So Cummins would be his LNAB (last name at birth) and Olson would be his current name (or last name at time of death).  Technically, Maggia might not belong in the Other last names box (since it was never his last name).  But in this case, it is probably good for his biological father's surname to also have a prominent place on his profile (some might disagree and be right).  Because I presume you will be connecting him to his biological father in his tree.  And that would be the correct way for the purpose of Wikitree.  Then you can explain and link him to the other two men in the biography section of his profile.   

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Hi Robin

 

The answers you have so far from Norm and Mary should be helpful for you

You may wish the rephrase your question in the forum to something like

I need help making sure my father - cummins - 1339 - gets entered correctly. His genetic father was not the man his mother married. What do I do to link both genetic and adoptive father in my tree?

Also look at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles

Contact David M. Selman he is one of the Volunteer Coordinators and monitors the pre 1700 feed for profiles with dates before the 1700

Regards Janet

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Thank you!