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Question: Where would you suggest she go!?
In a given family, there are two brothers!. The first brother has a biological daughter who was, in turn, adopted legally by the second brother!. This daughter considers her adopted father as her real father and not her biological father!.

If I were to put her into a family tree, where would you suggest I put her, with her biological father or with the one she actually considers her father!?

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The "technical" answer is that you use the bio parents if you have them!.!. don't forget, there is a mom involved here too, and that side is also her heritage!.
As for ancestry!.com!.!. I believe their policy is like that of other reputable genealogy sites : persons who are living, should not be online to begin with!. Your personal records (at home, on your computer) do not expose anyone to risk of id theft!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

She is both!. Since the daughter is aware of her parentage, there is no ethical reason for withholding the information!. Most computer programs are able to include a note for step, adoptive, foster, natural, and other parentage!.
The thing about family trees is that you are looking at both the life of a person but you are also looking at the genetic link, so both relationships are important!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You enter her as the biological daughter of father #1 and adoptive daughter of father #2!. Most programs have no problem handling the dual fathers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Why not both I mean can't you just put in parenthesis biological and in the other branch Adopted!? If not Biological!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

put her with the biological, but make a note that she was later adoptedWww@QuestionHome@Com