O sujeito da herança -como o do inconsciente -está dividido entre a necessidade de ser para si mesmo seu próprio fim e ser o elo de uma corrente à qual está unido sem a participação de sua vontade. The adoption of children by homosexual couples is an emerging subject in contemporary times. In Brazil, such cases are becoming increasingly common, forcing many segments, especially the juridical system, to understand this family model. In general, law enforcers are concerned about risks to the development of the child in a same sex couple environment. Moreover, the most conservative segments of society assume that if there is legal recognition of a same-sex families, disorders may weaken family values, such as protection, recognition of sexual difference and socialization of its members. This study examines the subjective processes of a same sex family consisting of two men living in a stable union for over twelve years in a countryside town in the state of Sao Paulo. The couple sheltered, aiming to adoption, two biological brothers, one year and a half and three years old, respectively, at the time of the adoption petition. The family was approached one year after the children had arrived. To carry out survey and data analysis, we used the methodological strategy of case study and a theoretical psychoanalysis link, which have proven necessary to scale up the subjective processes in adoption. We studied the procedures of adopting parents in the exercise of parenting, and if they would promote disruptions and would install unconventional modes of child-rearing and socialization of children, thus inaugurating different parenting styles from those socially embedded. The analysis looked into relations between parenting practicesassociated with the care of a child -and parenthood experimenting -which refers to phantasmatic contents that act over the child's desire to form a family. Regarding the binding process, psychic transmission was highlighted, taking into consideration personal history of adoptees as well as that of the couple in an adoption experience. Data collected show that the family consisting of a same-sex couple, though novel, takes on traditional family values. Thus, there was convergence between practice and experience of parenting, because this same-sex family does not differ significantly when it comes to traditional family models. Children fall into the adoptive family lineage incorporating new designations of relationship, because they have two fathers. The broadening of the debate is essential, because if a same-sex family does not necessarily deconstructs socially accepted values, it does not seem reasonable to think of it as a social threat. Moreover, the study group also displays factors that cause distress in traditional families, such as stiffening of their structures and perpetuation of heterosexism. The establishment of a network link between adopting parents and between these and professionals involved in adoption may reduce isolation and break the silence, allowing the confrontation of these...