Legacies

[NutBrnHair]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
Our legacy policy is a daughter, grandaughter or sister one. However, like adpiucf said, I think if she lists her aunt as a Chi Omega she will be looked upon favorably.

Point of information... Chi Omega's policy states that a legacy is the daughter or sister of a member in good standing. (As Michelle stated -- any other "relations" would certainly be viewed favorably!)

[adpiucf]

Originally posted by FirstAndFinest
That is an interesting question! I mean, do you ask a woman if she's rec'ing her daughter-by-birth or is this her daughter-by-adoption?

Your daughter is your daughter, if she is legally and/or biologically your child.

We had legacies at my school where we knew they were adopted, and they were counted as legacies. It's at your discretion to mention in a rec if your adopted child is adopted. Carnation of Greek Chat has adopted beautiful daughters who are counted legacies of her sorority, and who have also pledged at other sororities, where their adopted sisters-in-waiting would also be counted as legacies. Carnation, care to chime in?

[TSteven]

Originally posted by crzychx
Sigma Kappa considers sisters/step sisters, daughters/step-daughters, granddaughters/step granddaughters, & nieces/step-nieces to be legacies.

That's great! My sister-in-law is a Sigma Kappa so my other brother's daughter (our niece) is a legacy with three sororities.

[Adelphean1851]

I wish ADPI did neices. I have only one neice who will be college bound in a few years. Her mom went to school late in life and never affiliated so i'd love to be able to rec her as a legacie. Of course, I could always convince my Sis to AI...

[adpiucf]

Originally posted by Adelphean1851
I wish ADPI did neices. I have only one neice who will be college bound in a few years. Her mom went to school late in life and never affiliated so i'd love to be able to rec her as a legacie. Of course, I could always convince my Sis to AI...

Or you could write your neice a recommendation ADPi chapters appreciate recommendations of close or distant relatives, friends, etc.

Remember, a legacy is not guaranteed a bid, nor is someone with a recommendation. They are given an extra bit of courtesy out of respect to the sister who recommended them. It's not a fail-safe device to get into the sorority.

[lauralaylin]

Originally posted by NutBrnHair
Point of information... Chi Omega's policy states that a legacy is the daughter or sister of a member in good standing. (As Michelle stated -- any other "relations" would certainly be viewed favorably!)

Someone else stated that a granddaughter was also a legacy. Which is it for Chi Omega? My husband's mother was a Chi Omega, and I was wondering if my future daughters will be legacies. I can't ask her because she died when my husband was 4, and none of my sisters-in-law cared about greek life so they wouldn't know.

[carnation]

Originally posted by adpiucf
Your daughter is your daughter, if she is legally and/or biologically your child.

We had legacies at my school where we knew they were adopted, and they were counted as legacies. It's at your discretion to mention in a rec if your adopted child is adopted. Carnation of Greek Chat has adopted beautiful daughters who are counted legacies of her sorority, and who have also pledged at other sororities, where their adopted sisters-in-waiting would also be counted as legacies. Carnation, care to chime in?

Hey, that's so sweet of you to say that!

One of our biological daughters pledged Chi O in fall 2002. Our oldest adopted daughter came through rush again the next fall. Although obviously not sisters by blood, they were considered to have a legacy relationship...there was never any question by the Chi Os.

Our second oldest adopted daughter will rush in the fall. She has already been invited to lunch by one of her legacy sororities (on a campus where this is legal, guys! ) and no one has raised a question about whether she's a true legacy...of course she is!

[CardinalSM]

Originally posted by lauralaylin
Someone else stated that a granddaughter was also a legacy. Which is it for Chi Omega? My husband's mother was a Chi Omega, and I was wondering if my future daughters will be legacies. I can't ask her because she died when my husband was 4, and none of my sisters-in-law cared about greek life so they wouldn't know.

When we were doing recruitment Fall 03, and the legacy info came up, I asked if I was a legacy in Fall 02 because my Grandmother is a Chi O. I was told that I was not, but the affiliation was known by the sisters although I was not considered a true legacy. Everything that I have heard and read confirms that I, along with other Chi O granddaughters, are not legacies! Only those that are sisters or daughters!

[AlphaFrog]

Apparently our new official policy is to consider step/blended families as legacies. Has anyone else's GLO's specifically changed their policies for this??

[Drolefille]

I don't know when we recognized it, but we do recognize step-mothers etc.

We consider you a legacy if your mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother (or a step-_____) is/was a Sigma Kappa.

Not sure if great-grandma would count. I know that Gamma Phi specifically lists great-grandmas for example. And that we were the only chapter on campus to consider aunts.

[flirt5721]

AXiD includes sister, mother, grandmother, daughter, step-, and recently added nieces as legacies.

[tunatartare]

A hypothetical question. If a young lady went through recruitment and her great grandmother or someone like that was a founder, would she be considered a legacy because of special circumstances? Honeychile, I remember the story about the 5 generation legacy in your chapter.

[Drolefille]

Huh, I think that she wouldn't "technically" be a legacy but would get some sort of special consideration, especially if SHE was super-interested. No idea though.

Example: A PNM lists us on her form as a legacy. Her cousin's a SK elsewhere. So.. technically not a legacy (she obviously wouldn't know; the form just asks for family members in GLOs). However while facebook stalking (I didn't actually do recruitment, I was computer girl) someone had posted on her wall "I saw a shirt that said Sigma Kappa and I thought of you" I knew that she was VERY interested in us and passed her name along.

Stuff like that at least makes people take notice.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

A hypothetical question. If a young lady went through recruitment and her great grandmother or someone like that was a founder, would she be considered a legacy because of special circumstances? Honeychile, I remember the story about the 5 generation legacy in your chapter.

Ack! I think it goes without saying that anyone who is a descendant of an Adelphean (and I daresay, a Philomathean) would be considered a legacy. It's just too much history to ignore. The five generation legacy had both an Adelphean AND an Alpha Delta Phi!

She's a great example, though, of how some people just don't want a sorority forced upon them. Sue had it all, but with all those generations, plus aunts & cousins, who were ADPis, she simply didn't want to go Greek. She got initiated at Convention, then transferred schools so she wouldn't have to be active.

The upside is that her roomie went ADPi with her, and she was an awesome sister!

ETA: I think when chapters are on the small side, or legacies and/or recs aren't quite as important, legacy develops a much looser meaning than say, an SEC school.

[kdonline]

Kappa Delta has considered step-mother/daughter relationships as legacies at least for 20 years. This came up the first year I participated in rush as a sister.