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Leo wrote:
> Hi Stan,
>
> You will likely get lots of different replies to this problem, when I have
> unknow parents I use a ? for the given name and also for the surname, a lot
> of researchers do not like this, but its what I choose to use.
>
> As there is no immediate fix in the works, you will have to try to come up
> with a compromise that will work for you and that you are happy with.
>
> If you have two known brothers, Frank and Robert Smith, but you do not know
> their parents names, you are quite safe in deducing that their father's
> surname is Smith.
>
> Have you considered entering their father's name as (given name (Mr.) and
> surname (Smith); now enter Mr. Smith's wife as give name (Mrs.) and surname
> (Smith), without the ( ).
>
> You can also give Mrs. Smith an AKA as Unknown, Unknown or ? ?, at least
> until you learn their correct names.
>
> You can play with your own combination until you find a solution that will
> satisfy you.
>
> Myself I would not unlink, if you do unlink make sure that you do a backup
> first just incase there are siblings that may become disconnected.
>
> Leo
Hi Leo
Thanks for your reply.
As Ron pointed out there is supposed to be an option to leave the parent's name
blank, but it's not working. I would rather not have to work around this bug,
but to have it fixed and the option working the way it should be.
Stan
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