Kathy, I think I know what you are seeing, and suspect that you may have duplicated the parents (you may even have an unknown) have a look at the MRIN - in Family View this is given at the bottom right under 'M', you may also see that one of the parents has 2 spouses. If this is the case delete one set of the marriages - probably the daughter's, but have a good look at the Parents List first (In Family View click the parents icon).
Ron Ferguson, http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Horstman Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Eliminating duplicate ancestors in charts Greetings. I've looked for an answer to this problem in the online archives, but can't find exactly what I'm looking for. Using Legacy 7.5 Deluxe, I was entering info on a certain family line, and discovered that two individuals were brother and sister after I'd entered the same father for each separately. I unlinked the sister from her redundant dad and used the "Link to an EXISTING Person" button to show her as the daughter of the father of her brother. However, when I generated a ancestor chart based on a descendant of their lines (their great-grandchildren intermarried), I got a duplication of the siblings' parents and grandparents. I've tried various methods of unlinking and relinking the sister re: her parents and husband, I did a merge where no duplicates on this line were flagged, and checked the name list, which looks all right. But the ancestor chart still shows the father and grandparents twice. Any idea of how to eliminate this redundancy from an ancestor chart? From what I've read, I gather it's only to be expected on a descendant chart when you have intermarriages, but going back in time, it's confusing and I can't see any point in it. If it means eliminating the sister and starting her all over as the daughter of her father (vs. as the mother of her son, as before), I'll do it if it'll solve the problem. One other thing-- there seems to be an goodish age difference between the brother and sister, such that the chart wants to put them in two separate generations. I don't have complete dates for either, and it's possible my source may have left out a generation. But could this be what's causing the charting glitch? Thanks, Kathy Horstman 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
