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ignorant of it. Moreover, realistically, only the female line of descent for most is reliable - fatherhood may or may not be with the mother's spouse or partner. (e) further erosion of concept (a) is demonstrated by the conundrum posed by children raised in the "AAA descent" (however defined) household: is WP's position that a natural child differs notably than one adopted at birth? What objective criteria does WP's position imply on the
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Presumably if one can overcome (a) in the first instance, which I believe no one has thus far demonstrated, especially considering (d). Whatever difference attributed to this "descent" must be attenuated as the percentage of such descent (b) declines and the time (c) when the whatever environmental
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In my view they are at least as bad for both the reasons expressed in our policy and others, including the following: (a) what do Fooian people of "AAA descent" do differently than those who aren't (i.e., why is this notable - could a non-list article be written on that? why are they distinct
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