Sherry, There is a difference between marrying and having a relationship. I am just saying that I may know that the person never married. I don't know whether that person had a relationship. I don't know whether that person had children, and I should not be forced to say so.
I think everyone knows that -- short of divine intervention -- it takes both an egg and a sperm to produce a human child. Also, it seems to me that one ought to be able to say that a woman never married AND that she had a child. (A man, too, for that matter. We all know that wedlock and children do not necessarily go hand in hand. I don't know why Legacy insists on combining them. Pat On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Sherry/Support < [email protected]> wrote: > As described to me by the programmer. > > It's incorrect to separate "never married" and "had no children" > > When a person has a child, a relationship is established with another > person - a "marriage" is created whether or not the couple was actually > married. It takes two to make a child (even if one of them is an anonymous > sperm donor!) and both parents need to be shown. > > On the "marriage" screen, you can indicate that the couple never married > and set the Status to "Unmarried" or another choice. > > But there must be a relationship with another person to create a child. > > Therefore it would be incorrect to say "this person never married" if > there was a child because a relationship has to be established in Legacy to > create that child..... > > There is no 100% certain way to know if a person never had any children > unless he or she died before puberty.... I'm sure all of us have at least > one "hidden" marriage or child that was never acknowledged > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I hope that in the new version of Legacy the option "Never married and >> had no children" will be divided into to options: >> Never married >> Had no children >> >> With men especially, I have no way of knowing if men who never married >> also "had no children." >> >> Pat >> >> > > > 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 > 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
