On 2010/05/19 21:21, T Bredin wrote:
> I have a married couple that share/have the same grandparents but
> different parents. I guess this makes them second cousins. I did not
> notice this when I input the data for this couple as each's data came
> from different sources. Later I connected them by deleting one copy of
> the grandparents and hooking the 'loose' children to the remaining
> duplicate grandparents.
> When doing the 'ancestor' display, the ancestor chart in V7, and the
> ancestor chart in Charting there is nothing to call these common grand
> parents to my attention as each 'ancestor' line from the married couple
> lead back to separate listings/boxes of the same grandparent people. (if
> shown, the person-id is the same for the same person at the different
> location in the ancestor chart. )
> My question is, does anyone have a trick, or method to highlight this on
> reports/charts/screens? Would you expect Legacy to warn you when
> entering data that a 'duplicate' seems to exist?
Your original question seems to have stirred up confusion, which
generally means you haven't been able to state your case sufficiently
well enough. A simple diagram is worth reams of confused description.
Grandfather = Grandmother
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Child1=spouse1 Child2=spouse2
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Kid1 = Kid2
This is two first cousins marrying each other.
What's your situation look like?
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Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg
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