The family has adopted him, I suppose is the simplest way of thinking about it.

My family recently adopted a new cat and could not agree on a name for him.

Before a family can adopt they must go through state, county, and agency criteria.

Together these are good reasons for why the family adopted her as their crest.

Apparently some families adopted the name of the town.

Swedish families have been adopting children from Ethiopia since 1969.

The family adopted the name Shirley in the early 1850s.

They kept him for 29 months before a family adopted him.

I don't expect it to be long; some family will adopt her.

She has known Kiyokazu since he was seven, which is when her family adopted him.