Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner Edward Gross is not the biological grandfather of the children with whom he seeks visitation rights and he is not a legal grandparent by virtue of adoption. Accordingly, he is not the children's grandparent within the meaning of Domestic Relations Law § 72 and has no right thereunder to seek visitation (see, Matter of Hantman v Heller,
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