Thread:Nerdfightergirl/@comment-4287993-20140707091656

Hey!

I was watching Private Practice and Cooper said something about never wanting to find his biological parents as his adoptive (and real) parents were the best. This made me think about the way we handle adopted characters here.

I completely agree that adoptive parents are the real parents, no question about that. However, I believe that it's the child him/herself who chooses how big a role their biological parents play in their lives, and that it depends on this as to whether the biological parents should be included in the infobox or not. For example, Cooper's biological parents have no reason at all to be mentioned, but in my opinion, Maggie Pierce's situation is a little different. She wanted to know who her birth parents (or at least mother) are, so I think Ellis may actually be worth mentioning in the infobox.

However, since I find it important to have a clear distinction between real and biological parents, I was thinking about maybe creating a seperate section in the infobox for the biological parents and/or other family members, which would contain information or not depending on the role that the biological family plays in the character's life. Cooper would have no information there, whereas Maggie (whose search for her biological family had influence on her life) would be limited to Ellis Grey only. If she develops any close relationship with Meredith, Meredith can be included as well, but I would propose to keep it limited to biological family that plays a role in their lives then.

I know you feel quite strongly about the matter, and it would only apply to about maybe 5 character pages overall so it's not that important, but I think there are different levels of how important biological family is to adopted children, and that it may be worth to reflect that in the infoboxes as well. 