Step children and their moms

There has been some confusion about step children, so here are the rules.

• Search for the soldier's step children if they lived in his household when they were kids.
• Do NOT search for the soldier's step children if they were in his household for one decade when they were teenagers or adults.
• Do NOT search search for the mother of the soldier's step children unless she had children with the soldier. This is really a time-saving measure.

If the soldier never had biological children, but he did have step children that you are searching for, then the soldier will not be dropped from the sample. If you're not sure if you should search for a given step child, let your supervisor know, and she will decide.