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. 1n the present case the questioa is not whether statutes
have made an adopted child the descendant of her father's ancesoors
but rather whether statutes have made an adopted child a descendant of
her father, that is oo say, a descendant of the deceased brother of Ferry
Carbon, the intestate. Sec. 731.23(5), F. S.1969, su ra. Sec• 731.30,
F. S.1941 and 1969, providing that the acbpted child "shall be regarded
as a lineal descendant of his adopting parents," plainly had that effect,
as was reoogalzed by the court in Hewett. 13 So. 2d at 907. It follows
that appetLant Lucy Carlton Rogers, like the other descendants of deceas-
ed brothers and sisters of Perry Carbon, was entitled oo share in his
intestate estaoe.
REVERSED.
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COI3B. WARREN N. , Associate Judge,: concurs.
CROSS, J. , dissents
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