I also use my oldest child. In Legacy, you can have many of the screens show, at all times, the relationship to a person in the database. Most people would choose themselves. Then most of the time, they can see at a glance how the person/people they are editing is related to them. That is why you would pick a particular person. (Note that this feature is different from the Relationship Calculator, where you can pick any 2 people and find out how, if at all, they are related, including multiple relationships.)
I use my oldest child so that I can see relationships displayed for my lines AND my husband's lines. Also note that you can also set up to use the "standard" ancestor colours for the 4 gg-parent lines. I also set that to my oldest child so that it matches with the relationships. These are also displayed on many screens, and can be used (optionally) on many reports. Hope this clarifies a bit! > > I note you mention using your oldest child as a starting point for > relationship calculation, somone else mentioned that also. What is the > reason for that, why pick a particular person? > > > > Colin. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
