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by scarejunba 2632 days ago
AFAIK, the family unit there is not so strictly around genetic lineage. I could adopt a child in with the intention of having him be my successor. He is my son then, without the genetic lineage.
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monocasa 2632 days ago
Hell, in Japan at least they even do that adopting adults.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption

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