Do you agree or disagree? Re: ‘Tackling ethical dilemmas in genealogy’ by Dr Penny Walters (FT February 2019), I appreciated this very interesting article – well written and cogent. Indeed I share Penny’s view that some of These ethical dilemmas will always be with us and no definitive answer covers every case.
In 2002 I chaired a sub-committee on genealogical ethics for The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and our report was adopted at The IAJGS annual conference that year in Toronto. We tried to provide guidance for all The types of case that Dr Walters mentions. However, There is one example that she did not discuss: what if a child is adopted and it is known or comes to light that The true parentage of The adoptee includes The genetically transmitted Huntingdon’s chorea?