[Data-modeling] Adopted Children

[spencer kelly]

hey anne, this idea has been pitched already in the 'person' discussion:
http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000051f257a

i like this idea, but to sum the discussion heres crisms post

"It’s less a decision to obscure the facts as a lack of a compelling use
case for a more complicated model. The current model is simple and handles
95% of the use cases. To complicate the parent-child
relationship—quadrupling the amount of information needed to represent it,
in even the simplest cases—really needs a compelling use case."

modelling this also confuses the 'sibling' property, so it becomes a big
mess.

the same situation exists with modelling divorces -  something we will do
eventually but probably arent ready for the  headache yet~

cheers
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