As regards the son made, he is sometimes considered as the child of the person who has made him a son and who brings him up. In his case, neither the vital seed of which he has been born nor the soil in which he has been born, becomes the cause of sonship.
क्वचिच्च कृतकः पुत्रः संग्रहादेव लक्ष्यते। न तत्र रेतः क्षेत्रं वा यत्र लक्ष्येत भारत॥