Jenny, You should NEVER enter the same person twice in the database. Imagine the difficulty of remembering to update each one when you find new data for them.
The correct way to show a person as a child of more than one set of parents is to LINK the child to the two sets of parents. Once they are properly linked then you can identify the relationship to the father and relationship to the mother for each set of parents. Select the child that has both biological and adoptive or step parents Note which set of parents are currently shown Click on the parent icon below the individual The list of parents will appear If you know the other set of parents are already in the file click the Link to Existing Parents button The Marriage list will open and you can select the second set of parents. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 22/02/2012 2:03 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 22/02/2012 16:45, Elizabeth wrote: >> My father died when I was a child and when my mother re-married, my >> sister (but not my brothers) were adopted by our stepfather. >> I have this link on the family tree but I cannot find any way of >> omitting my sister and myself from reports. >> >> I tried setting us to private under the second marriage but Legacy >> made us private everywhere. >> >> I think it might be easier to delete us from the second marriage >> altogether and simply mention the fact that we were adopted (with the >> subsequent name change) in the general notes. However, I am reluctant >> to delete myself from the second marriage in case I disappear >> altogether. Should this be an 'unlink' situation? >> > > As far as I know there is no way to show children as both the product of > one marriage (or relationship) AND as the (adopted) product of another > marriage unless you enter them into the database twice. Step-children > can be shown as such under the marriage of their parent and step-parent > and will not appear as descendants of the step-parent. An adopted child > is generally considered to be as much part of the family as a > blood-related child, so most people would want the to appear in Reports, > albeit with the child status set to Adopted. Your only choice would > seem to be to unlink yourself and your sister from your mother& > step-father's marriage and only show yourselves, if at all, as > step-children. > > 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
