I have had 4 families reach the 3rd generation and have never had an email stating the number of children living in the home.... have to agree with scrubbs and Simsane.

stonzee, do click the family tab below the game screen and check if the adopted kid is there. If he/she is there and you can find him/her by the help of details tab, I think there's nothing to worry. Write us about the result, and we'll try to help if you still need it

Btw, your avatar is irresistable

Oooh, the girl isn't showing up on the family tab. She's only 5 or 6 so she should be there. I can't find her running around anywhere either.
I'll quit the game and restart it after I get home from church tonight.

Hm.. interesting.
i got the 'no vacancy' award when I had four kids and two adopted ones. On well.

That was the answer I was hoping not to get. I remember reading about a similar problem in one of the threads here. I think it was about a kid which got lost while he/she was hiding. But if I remember right, it was before the .05 update. Which version do you have? When you click menu, you can see it on the bottom left corner of the game screen. If you have an earlier version, you may want to update it. Please write back if she's still missing. Meanwhile I'll try to locate that thread I was talking about and see what's written there.

EDIT: I found the thread, but if I understand right, your problem is a bit different. Anyway here's the link:

Glitch? My kid went into the closet and didn't come out

miskinsincap, in the post you're talking about the kid disappeared but was still in the family tree and was there when it came time to choose the next generation.

Yes, Lewanda; I've just found and saw that. Actually, if I couldn't find the thread, I was gonna pm you and ask if you remembered what happened (because of the discussion about your beautiful mods, I remember you were among posters there )

Anyway, I'm out of ideas. Maybe LadyCF can help?

miskinsincap, I'm afraid that she is just gone. The game sometimes loses people and things, and they never show up again. It's just one of those things Arthur will have to try to fix in VF2. By the way, I hope he listens to some of the suggestions of the forum members. I've had some of the same ideas that they're coming up with. The game is good, but it could be great with a few more things added to it.

I have the newer version. In another one of my families a boy is missing. He still listed in the family tree but he is now where to be found. He's not old enough to go off to college. He's just gone.

stonzee don't look for him to come back either. I've learned in this game when someone/something is gone for more than half a day it isn't coming back. I lost people in the villager games too, but it wasn't as often as it seems to be in this one.