Adoption
Adoption noun - A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit).
Variation and adoption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Adoption".
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- An episode of MacGyver gave us a variation: Jack Dalton's mother gave him up for adoption to protect him from a mobster that was targeting her.
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There's also a popular variation where Dinky is Derpy's biological daughter and Amethyst Star is adopted; the reason for adoption varies from fan to fan.
- A variation in Real Steel; the Jerkass self-admitted unfit father played by Hugh Jackman starts by off-handedly signing the adoption papers that will give his son (who he hasn't seen in years,) to the boy's mother's family.
Source: Sink-or-Swim Fatherhood
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