[Congratulations, Kate, you have given him pause. Vincent frowns, drawing on his knowledge of trivia and his college education for an answer, except... he can't find one there. He'll have to make an educated guess.]
I don't know for a fact what happens then, but-- adoption is practiced in many cultures around the world. I imagine that in a community where cousins and siblings of the same generation are all siblings, then...
[Nope, he's not comfortable making that guess.]
I really don't know, sorry. [BUT HE WILL FIND OUT. It's his mission now.] For what it's worth, I've found that family doesn't need to mean blood relatives.
[His superiors at the Jeffersonian showed him as much during his first few days, when they spoke of his predecessor with great fondness despite what had happened.]
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I don't know for a fact what happens then, but-- adoption is practiced in many cultures around the world. I imagine that in a community where cousins and siblings of the same generation are all siblings, then...
[Nope, he's not comfortable making that guess.]
I really don't know, sorry. [BUT HE WILL FIND OUT. It's his mission now.] For what it's worth, I've found that family doesn't need to mean blood relatives.
[His superiors at the Jeffersonian showed him as much during his first few days, when they spoke of his predecessor with great fondness despite what had happened.]