Quote Originally Posted by wlesmana
2. No. But he has a good chance of getting adopted and then appearing in the family tree. It depends on your settlement and general ratio.
Have you ever actually seen this happen? I tried to make this work some time ago. I killed off almost all of my characters and created a new general (not a captain). I had several times more settlements than characters, and my new character fought and won several engagements, yet I never received a "Man of the hour" or adoption message.