adoption
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One piece of family history which Dowden was aware of, but did not fully understand, concerned her great-grandfather's decision to put his youngest child, Frank - her grandfather - up for informal adoption.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
And that may have exaggerated the pace of adoption over the last two months.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
In her 40s she considered adoption but ultimately decided against it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Notably, many of the earlier Neolithic Dutch samples from further north – such as the Swifterbant culture, well-known for maintaining a hunter-gatherer economy alongside some adoption of agriculture – carried close to 100% hunter-gatherer ancestry.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
I got two half days a week at the adoption center at Zimmerman’s, which was my way of getting away from him.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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