One-sided parentage for Medical Births is problematic and may allow genetically 'related' Zois to marry

When a Zoi chooses Medical Birth from the computer or the laptop and gets consent from a Zoi whom they are not married to, the baby only sees the Zoi who applied for the Medical Birth as family. Currently, the baby does not recognize the second parent who has given consent as family.

Please change this so the baby recognizes BOTH donors as family even if they are unmarried Zois. There’s a consent button so that part should not be seen as an issue. The baby even uses both sets of the parents’ genetics. Both should absolutely be recognized as parents.

There is also a notable oversight due to this feature lacking. It is very unlikely to happen, but the current system can in theory allow two genetically ‘related’ Zois to use romantic actions with each other once they grow up. Half-siblings from unmarried medical births can easily do this. Allowing both parents of medical birth babies to always be recognized as family would fix this issue, and allow for more consistent family trees and gameplay.

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I consulted on a similar question a couple of days ago, so I really agree with this idea. I hope my two same-sex partners can directly become the biological parents of children :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: This way I won’t need to use mods to achieve it.

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But I have a question: if two Zois are already married, and then use this feature, will the child regard both of them as biological parents?

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Yes, the married ones work.

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In my case no. I have two married families where children born with medical help appear as children of the mother only. However, it could be that it’s because I’m using an old save.

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This was fixed in 0.7.0 and I am SO happy it was addressed!

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