Bob, To be clear, the default of "Blank" for a child - parent relationship is read by Legacy as "Biological". This means, of course, that normally the option to use this facility would only be chosen when the C-P relationship is not biological.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co..uk/ "Robert57P_gmail" <[email protected]> wrote: >* Add the child to both parents. >* right click on that child (or any child of the parents for that matter) >* Click on Children's settings in the pop-up menu >* Make sure the correct child is highlighted in the resulting pop-up window >* Change the "Relationship to father" to ADOPTED >* NOTE - you normally would NOT use the "Child status" to show adopted >(I did this originally). Instead, use the "Relationship to xxx" fields >to indicate it individually for each parent. >* I wish there was an option for this field to pop up automatically when >a child was added (just like when we add a marriage the marriage detail >screen shows up). That way we would remember to set this stuff. By >default, the relationship is set to BLANK (i.e. - to NOTHING). I say >the auto-pop-up would be an OPTIONAL setting because some folks might >consider setting these fields as a pain, but some of us would find it >helpful. (Yes, I have put in a formal suggestion for this.) > >Bob > >On 05/27/2012 02:21, Tony Rolfe wrote: >> I have just discovered a census image with a couple who have been >> married for 3 years. In the family is a 4-year-old adopted son whose >> surname is the same as the wife's maiden name. >> >> it appears likely that the wife had this child out of wedlock (although >> he may have been a brother's child etc.) and so I have added him as an >> unlinked individual and then added the wife as a mother, giving an >> unknown father. >> >> So, How do I now add him as an adopted son to the husband who may or may >> not be the father? At this stage I will assume he is not the father, so >> I want to keep the unknown father and add the husband as a second >> father. Is this possible? >> >> Thanks for any advice >> >> Tony 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
