Kevin, Thanks for the reply. I tend to agree that there appears to be a bug. About a half hour ago I send a message to support. I will keep everyone posted. I tried the archives first but found too much chatter about a similar worded issue of 1/2 children in the children's view, so I thought I would check here to see if anyone had this problem or if Sherry knew anything about it. I am glade I posted here if for no other reason than to see that neat link for siblings you shared with us.
--------------------------------------- Richard, The sibling link Kevin shared is how most of us would expect Legacy to "act" in respect to step vs. half children. I know this is an international program but I think this can be traced to English common law and customs. That said, it is interesting that early American Colonial documents often did not adhere to any relationship "rules"; in part because of the high mortality rate and the merging of surviving family members that didn't necessarily have a biological connection being considered "family". Bill On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Kevin Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > While some may interchange the terms half and step sibling , there is > a difference depending on whether or not there is any blood > relationship. - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibling for > definitions of half and step siblings. > What Bill describes - "When I do a swap with the relationship > calculator it changes from half brother to stepsister." - appears to > be a bug in Legacy, Swapping the left/right relations should not > result in a change in terminology "step to half" for what is the same > physical relationship. > > Regards Kevin > [email protected] > [email protected] > www.shamrockspider.com > > > 2010/1/23 RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[email protected]> > > > > I see you think some relationships are wrong in your database. Remember > whoever is the base person, is the start for all. I am not being a nit > picker, but in some cultures Stepsister and half sister are identical. Each > title means females that share exactly one parent. For our knowledge, > please describe how they are not the same? > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
