Nonindicative title New Crowner 11/30/11: Are You My Mummy

^^^ No, the actual biological parent is completely absent. The adoptive mother is the one who is Related But Differently. Isn't this trope focusing rather on the idea that the blood related mother would be thought of as an aunt or cousin or something?

You didn't specify that. Visitation rights and custody rights aren't the same thing. Yes, if visitation rights were revoked, then this trope, as written, wouldn't apply. As long as they were allowed visitation, however, it would work.

I should point out, however, that we could tweak the definition to focus on the child's relationships instead of the parent-child relationship. It wouldn't be a redefinition, but we could focus on the child as the centerpoint of the trope. Then the child would be Related But Differently to the mother/aunt.

Bump. Time to call it?

Are You My Mummy? is now a redirect for Family Relationship Switcheroo as are Are You My Mommy, Grandmama Babymama Switch, and Related But Differently. The wicks should be fixed and I sent a report to move the discussion page. There are notes about the change on the Renamed Tropes page and in the renamed tropes thread.

The old laconic page is presently on the cut list. I made a new laconic page, changing it to "[t]he person a character thought was a sibling, aunt, or uncle is actually his or her parent" based on discussion in this thread. However, I am not sure I described the trope that well, so I would appreciate feedback on that new laconic page and any other aspects of the rename that might be problematic.

edited 11th Dec '11 12:45:13 PM by LouieW

Discussion moved.