Todd, If I understand you correctly, it would seem that in your process 1) you arrived at the nearest you can get to the correct resolution of the question albeit via an incorrect entry.
As I understand it for the step children to appear as such then they have to be linked to both the biological and step parent(s). I am less than certain that to say the usage of the phrase "they had...." is incorrect. One could realistically argue that as at least one of them did have step children then the phrase is as accurate as can be. Actually it is quite common to see this. Note also that the kids will be shown with two sets of parents, again this is usual. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Todd B Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Show Step Children on BookRpt-Descendant Narrative >From earlier emails it seems it can not be done. I.e. Show step children on second husbands BookRpt Narrative Descencent rpt. I have concluded that the Report Specification seems to be that the BookRpt Narriative Descendent Rpt only shows blood descendants. Stepping and halving wont cause non blood step/half children to show. I tried 2 ways. 1) Innocently, and incorrectly, I entered the second wife's prior children (two) as children of her and her second husband. Then I set the realtionship between these children to the second husband as 'step'. They show in screen family view normally. Default to biological-like. No '1/2'. The BookRpt Narrative Descendant ALMOST did the trick. It showed the second husband's first marrage and their kid. It showed the second husband's second marriage with the kids shown as normal kids. It commented that the kids relationship to the husband was 'step'. So far, so good. The only 'wrong' thing was the narration said 'THEY' had the following children (the second wife's prior children). Which biologically they did not. So I tried reality: 2) I unlinked the second wife's prior children from the second marriage. I relinked the second wifes children to a new marriage of the second wife and her first husband. This is biologically correct. The second husband's first marriage remained biologically correct. Then I got the second wife's prior children back into her second marriage (and also the second husband's first marriage child), I forget how, but they are in the screen family view marked there as '1/2' and I set the kids relationship to the second marriage husband and wife as 'Step' appropriately. This marriage also shows the husbands kid from his first marriage as '1/2'. You can tell who the kids are '1/2' to by their last name. If the 'second' husband is selected, from the second marriage, his BookRpt Narriate Descendant Rpt shows his first wife and blood kid from first marriage, and second marriage, but- no second marriage 'step' children. If the second wife is selected, from the second marriage, it shows her first marriage and blood kids from her first marriage, and second husband, but no 'step' from second marriage. . I can not find a way to show all the kids in one aforementioned report. So the Report Specification seems to be that the BookRpt Narriative Descendent Rpt only shows blood descendants. Stepping and halving doesn't help. Any one see it differently? So, what we need is just a little flag on the Marriage intersection that means 'show step children'. Comments-- (end) 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
