RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote >If A and B are siblings, then that is the relationship that is closest, >and should be used. In my own family, I am my 3rd, 5th and 7th cousin >to myself; but I would not call my brother my 3rd cousin, or my sister >my 5th cousin. It is not inaccurate, but can be misleading. I agree the >marriage of siblings can cause many medical and legal issues, but that >is customs, morals, and medical. A and B chose this situation, aware >of the taboo additude of society, computers and programs don't make >judgement calls, people do.
Whoa! How did we get on to morals and taboos and so on? All the OP wanted to know was whether Legacy could or should alert us when we are entering individuals who are or could be duplicates of people already in our file. In this case the OP had entered a husband and wife and their respective sets of parents & grandparents, without realising that the parents were siblings and thus shared the same grandparents. I believe FTM does says something like "Is this Joe Bloggs the same as the other Joe Bloggs?" but Legacy doesn't do that. I think it's something which could be requested (Suggest a new feature on Legacy Home tab) but if it was ever incorporated, I hope it would be an option to select or not. Personally, I would switch it off! -- Jenny M Benson 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
