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Ask him... hypothetically
"I SAID"OK DOING FAMILY GENELOGY, IF I FIND SOMETHING OUT ABOUT YOU...WHO WANTS TO KNOW AND WHO DOESN'T?" ~ HAIR
I think Janet's on to something... maybe you should quiz your father-in-law beforehand, just in a light-hearted, hypothetical manner. "If I were to find out anything weird in the course of my research, like, if it turns out that one of us is, ha-ha, adopted or something... do you think I should bring that information to light, or would everyone be happier if I just kept quiet about it?"
I recently did my family's genealogy, a massive project that took me almost two years. Certain family members were unhappy that I included some MILDLY unpalatable details about the life of a great-great aunt (my g-grandfather's sister) that none of my living relatives ever even met (she died in '36)!
So, depending on how your father-in-law responds to your questioning, you might approach him privately with your information, but I would not recommend publicizing your findings in the family history without his express permission.
JMO, ~ Sharon
PS I would also make some attempt to verify this information through an independent source before you do anything with it. As yet, it's only hearsay, nothing to get people all worked up over.
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