marianne,
i've always considered my "adopted" family at least as important (if not more important) as my blood relatives...
the family one "adopts" are chosen because they fit !
the family one is born into, are given - we have no choice about them - don't get me wrong - i do love my brothers and their families, my cousins and their families, etc., but i seem to have a much closer relationship with my friends' kids than i have with most of my "true" nieces and nephews... and they all live on the other side of the world from me - i see them - if i'm lucky - a few times once a year - often even less...
friends become family and - when we're lucky - family members are also friends
and here on TQS - i have found a new family as well

Lotti,
Thanks for your input. My daughter will talk to her at the week-end so I will know then. I did what Margo suggested and found the reply in my inbox this morning. This is what it said:
"The email that you received is simply a copy for our records."
so I now look forward to next time I see my sosGD and we can have a good long chat about it.
Funny isn't it how we sometimes come across a person who comes into your family for a while and then stays there although circumstances around them changes so they never became "family" as such. Whatever age sometimes the chemistry is right and then it doesn't matter what the "real family" gets up to, that person stays special. We all need those persons in our lives no matter how big or small our families are. Glad to hear you do that kind of adopting too
Marianne

marianne, are you getting a copy of the e-mail that is being sent to your "sort-of-step-granddaughter" - have you checked with her if she received it as well ?
love this term - i have lots of "sort-of" -family members myself - i've been adopting them for the last 40 and odd years

Thank you, Margo, I will give that a try
Marianne

Marianne, you might try sending your question to Tech Help.
On the purple bar, under DAILY BLOG, select CONTACT US.
Under "Select a Subject/Department" select WEBSITE:TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
Explain your issue in the text box and click on SUBMIT.

I have tried sending a show to my sort-of-step-granddaughter who is a student and loves to sew (THANK YOU to TQS for making this possible) but all that happens is that I get an e-mail in my inbox to tell me that I have got a free show to watch. Please help me out somebody - I know I am technically challenged - I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I have put her e-mail address into the box that comes up on the page and written a message. Nowhere have I put my own e-mail address in so I don't know why I have got it sent to me instead of my sosGD.
TIA
Marianne