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adoption

process whereby a person assumes the parenting for a child born by other parents
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adoption

Summary

adoption is a parent–child relationship[1]. adoption draws 341 Wikipedia views per month (parent_child_relationship category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • adoption's instance of is recorded as parent–child relationship[3].
  • adoption's instance of is recorded as legal kinship[4].
  • adoption's instance of is recorded as legal fiction[5].
  • adoption is a type of procedure[6].
  • adoption's Commons category is recorded as Adoption[7].
  • adoption comprises faʼaʼamu[8].
  • adoption's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adoption[9].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Lexicon of Egyptology (1. Edition)[15].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[17].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19].
  • adoption's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • adoption's partially coincident with is recorded as starting a family[21].
  • adoption's different from is recorded as Adoption[22].
  • adoption's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • adoption's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of adoption[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include parent–child relationship[3], legal kinship[4], and legal fiction[5]. adoption is a type of procedure[6].

Use and Application

adoption comprises faʼaʼamu[8].

Why It Matters

adoption draws 341 Wikipedia views per month (parent_child_relationship category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] adoption has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] adoption is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → parent–child relationship, legal kinship, legal fiction
    Has parts → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Adoption
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3727, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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