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+#
+# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2000  Donald N. Allingham
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"People who were adopted"
+
+import Filter
+import string
+import utils
+from RelLib import Person
+import intl
+_ = intl.gettext
+
+class HaveAltFamilies(Filter.Filter):
+    "People who were adopted"
+
+    def match(self,person):
+        return len(person.getAltFamilyList()) > 0
+
+def create(text):
+    return HaveAltFamilies(text)
+
+def need_qualifier():
+    return 0
+
+def get_name():
+    return _("People who were adopted")