Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-108.71.4.182-20130227053400/@comment-24261859-20140312234409

Krow Dawnstar wrote: 98.166.93.84 wrote: I wish you adopt the Aretino kid, and  Babette. Then marry Serena or some other awesome character. It be like the Adam's family all over again. Babette is a lot older then TLDB. Why would you adopt a woman that's like five times your age? So that if anyone gets curious, you have a suitable alibi. If someone asked, telling them that she's your adopted daughter would be a lot less alarming than "She's an ancient vampire assassin."

Since there's no real legal process to go through for adoption in Skyrim, there's no paper trail to prove that you're falsifying the truth. Anyone who saw her wouldn't have any reason to suspect anything.