I'd like to suggest a lore-friendly way to accept kittens from Nestor without them being officially adopted.

I am unsure how controversial this kind of suggestion is, so please do read everything!

The reason for this suggestion is that I, and I know a good amount of other players, care about whether a cat's family tree is empty or not. It can be a bit unfortunate when you collect cats with no parents and get a kitten from Nestor that you would otherwise really love if they had just been an adult instead (yes, a kitten I got today is the reason I'm finally making this suggestion )

So, my suggestion would be an option to have the kitten be lore-only adopted by the village as a community.

What I'm picturing is, since there is so many lost kittens from Earth in the woods, villages could form "parent communities" that "adopt" kittens into their large families - but this process doesn't officially adopt them into any single family and therefore the kittens remain with "no family" purely in the game, but lore-wise they very much have oftentimes large, communal families.
If needed for the lore, there could even be a village lodge special occupation that unlocks this option.

I hope I managed to articulate this suggestion in a decent manner.
Thanks for reading and considering my suggestion!

This would be adorable! A literal take on "it takes a village to raise a child." Or in this case, a kitten! It could be an option that could be enabled in the settings, so players who decide it doesn't fit in their village's lore don't need it cluttering their adoption menu. (It totally would for mine, but for villages who are more strict/traditional or the like.)