Yes, I understand that, but if the couple's children are out of order, then that will order them.
Each group of children will be sorted in the Children's List based on the order they're sorted under Children's Settings and, depending on which couple is showing in the Family View, the elder children may show later in the list because they're not actually part of that bio family. It's not a good idea to attach Bill & Mary's children to Bill and Susan because as you've noticed they're going to show multiple times in reports and charts My recommendation is to keep them with the bio parents only unless they're adopted and then you need to select the "preferred parents". When you show 1/2 kids in the Children's List, the mother (or father) of the child will show after his or her name. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Jan Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Not quite true Sherry, because the 1/2 siblings will always show at the end > of the list. The only way to get half/step-siblings to show in the correct > order is to attach each child to both marriages. For instance, my second > husband's two children are attached to our marriage as well as my husband and > his first wife, and my daughter, born after her step-siblings, is attached to > my first marriage, and my second marriage. If I look at my husband's first > marriage I see the two children, if I look at my first marriage I see my > daughter, if I look at 'our' marriage I see the three children in the correct > order. I always add Child Status where I have created new labels such as > Step-Child of xxxx so parentage is very clear (although 1/2 siblings show > the name of the other parent). I don't Show 1/2 siblings, because if I do it > appears that my step-children are also half-siblings of my first husband's > children which of course they aren't. Interestingly 'our' three children > don't show as being 1/2 siblings of themselves in my second marriage. But my > daughter appears on my second husband's first marriage as if she is a > step-daughter of his first wife - again, not correct. > The only problem with doing things my way is that in some reports all the > details of the 1/2 siblings will appear twice even if you select Don't Repeat > Duplicates. Their descendants (if any) don't repeat, but ALL of their > details, including events (if any) do show. Not ideal, and I know the > genealogical purists will be aghast that I am linking step-children to a > marriage (note I said step, not true half siblings where they share a parent) > but I consider myself more a family historian so it is important that > (especially) my own step-children and their families are included with my > husband and myself. I put up with the repeat of individuals in reports, and > I don't show 1/2 siblings on the screen. And by linking step-children only > to the correct step-parent I don't get a situation where children appear to > be step-children of a person they had nothing to do with (e.g. a first wife > who is NOT a step-parent of the children of the second wife.) > Sorry to be a bit rambly - but it is a complex situation! > > Cheers > Jan 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
