In Re Estate of Bunker

The first question transferred is whether a first cousin, by adoption, takes equally with other first cousins. The answer to this question is yes. Anderson v. French, 77 N. H. 509; Annot. 43 A.L.R. 2d 1183, 1202. The controlling statute provides that an adopted child inherits through his adoptive parent. “461:6 Effect of decree. The child so adopted shall bear the same relation to his adopting parents and their kindred in respect to the inheritance of property and all other incidents pertaining to the relation of parent and child as he would if he were the natural child of such parents,…