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From: Sandy Clunies <>
Subject: [APG] Unique query, authenticated
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:14:28 -0500
In-Reply-To: <200111100000.fAA003s04441@lists2.rootsweb.com>


I received the following request for help from a friend:

"I have a genealogical question for you. A friend of ours has a niece who
is a lesbian. Her significant other was born a male but had a gender change
to become a woman. They recently were married as two women in Texas. Texas
would do it since her friend's birth certificate showed him/her as a male.
How do I treat this? Do I show this person as a male with the birth name?
The niece wants her/him listed as a woman. It is surely a mix-up and I
don't know how to enter it. "

I then gently queried my friend as to its authenticity and received this reply:

"It is definitely for real and there is a newspaper item which outlines
this. Should I list him/her as a spouse with his name as recorded on the
birth certificate and then detail it below or someplace? "

How would my esteemed APG colleagues have replied? After I see your
answers, I'll tell you what I replied!






Sandra MacLean Clunies, CG (sm)

Certified Genealogist: service mark of the Board for Certification
of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates
after periodic competency evaluations

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