Rita, I suggest that you go to the marriage information screen and check "this couple did not marry" and then adjust the Wording Options to suit.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Rita Lynn McKale Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 2:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Single parent adoption Mark, Thank you for trying to work this out for me. I had some time this evening to try your formula but I could not duplicate your results. After you deleted Harry did you just leave that marriage? I am still getting "Frances next married someone. She had one son: So and So Is there something else I could be missing? Rita in South Carolina From: Mark Klan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 7:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Single parent adoption > Rita Lynn McKale wrote: >> Hi, >> I have a husband and wife who adopted a daughter and then divorced. >> After the divorce the wife adopted another child (as a single >> mother). I just printed a Descendant Narrative and it looks like the >> second child was adopted by both the husband and wife. I have >> nothing in 'relationship to father'. What can I do so the second >> child only shows as a child of the wife? I set up a test file with the following: - Mary Morgan married John Smith - I added a daughter Anne Smith - I set the daughter Anne as adopted by both John & Mary - I set John & Mary to divorced - I added a new husband temporarily for Mary (named Harry, with no last name) - I added a new daughter named Betty Morgan for Mary & Harry - I set the daughter Betty as adopted by Mary, and left the field blank for Harry's relationship - I then deleted (not unlinked) Harry - Lastly, just to be sure, I ran all three file maintence actions The database looks consistent with the situation Rita describes, I think. Then I ran a Descendant Narrative report on Mary Morgan with the following results: > Descendants of Mary MORGAN > > 1-Mary MORGAN. > > Mary married John SMITH. The marriage ended in divorce. They had > one daughter: Anne. > > 2-Anne SMITH. (Relationship to Father: Adopted, > Relationship to > Mother: Adopted ) > > Mary next adopted a child She had one daughter: Betty. > > 2-Betty MORGAN. (Relationship to Mother: Adopted ) If I understand the original post correctly, this appears to be the desired result. Obviously it's not the way things should have to be set up, but it seems to work. Hope this helps. Mark 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
