Since I wasn't sure I understood what the OP was trying to do, I've stayed out of this one, but this one caught my attention, so -- I would have thought if *you* are the root person, and so marked, then your biological parents would become one another's preferred spouse, regardless of how they may or may not feel about that.
And, further, I don't see why anyone would want it differently. What I HAVE wanted is a way to list all bio-children of Person "A" (male or female) regardless of the other bio-parent's name. Be nice if the list were differentiated so I could TELL which set, but I have more than one family where HE married 3 times and SHE married 4 times, and I get really frustrated clicking through 7 marriages to see whether Billy-Joe is his kid or hers. :( Cheryl Ward Walker wrote: > I am having trouble following this, Jay. The Help text is > not very clear, but the focus is on preferred child, not spouse. > When you set direct line ancestors as preferred, my > understanding is that it marks individuals. This allows > these individuals to appear bolded in certain situation, > like in the name list and in the children list shown in > Family view. > Are you saying that setting direct line ancestors also marks > preferred spouses, overriding any explicitly marked > preferred spouse of an individual? Likewise, does it mark > preferred parents, overriding any explicitly set preferred > parents? (Even if so, if the explicit settings are made > after setting the direct line, then they should stick, I > would think.) > We’ve established that when you navigate from a child to a > parent, you get the preferred set of parents for that child, > regardless of which spouse is set as the preferred spouse. > But that should be the only case. When you navigate from a > couple to a child, you should always see that child’s > preferred parents and preferred spouse. Same if you navigate > to an individual from the name list. > Ward > *From:* Jay 1FamilyTree <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 9:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > Wendy, > I beg to differ > You said > "*It bears no connection to what relationships are set in > your file,*/as/ > /suggested previously. Its purpose is to determine which > spouse will > appear next to the individual you navigate to."/ > > > If you use the "Set Preferred line" that WILL change an > ancestors spouse to preferred if it wasnt already. > And then if you navigate back to someone who is not a > descendant of the couple to whom the preferred setting was > changed, it will stay that way, until you manually change it > back, or until you select a descendant of the original > preferred couple and set preferred line. > Does that make sense? > Jay > > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Wendy Howard > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The Preferred Spouse is set to the individual, the > person whose spouses > you are looking at. > > Click on the spouse icon (in Family View that's the > single person of the > opposite sex at the left-hand end of the icons in the > husband and wife > boxes) and another window will open up listing the > spouses for that person. > > One of the spouses listed will have an asterisk (*) in > the P column - > that's the "preferred" spouse for this particular > person. By default it > is the first spouse attached to that person. > > If there is more than one spouse, you can choose which > spouse will be > the "preferred" one - that means that when you navigate > to this person > (not the spouse), this is the spouse who will appear > next to them. It > has no bearing on which is the first spouse or how they > will appear in > reports, that is determined using the Order arrows to > sort them as you > wish them to appear. > > It bears no connection to what relationships are set in > your file, as > suggested previously. Its purpose is to determine which > spouse will > appear next to the individual you navigate to. > > I don't know what the problem is that Howland isn't > getting the result > he should be seeing. Howland, I presume you've closed > down Legacy and > rebooted your computer since this all started? It's > sounding to me like > you need to contact Support for this, if you haven't > already. > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > > David Abernathy said the following on 18/08/2013 12:33 p.m.: > > > > To whom is the setting “Preferred Spouse†set to? > > > > Thanks, > > > > David C Abernathy > > > > Email disclaimers > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message represents the official view of the > voices in my head. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > > > > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by > F-Prot Antivirus == > > > > *From:*Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 5:02 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > > > Howland: > > > > Logically, yes - so why it's not working, I'm not sure. > > > > Hopefully someone more techy and Legacy knowledgable > will have or find > > the answer for you > > > > Kathy > > > > On 18 August 2013 09:26, Howlanddavisii > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > Yes it makes sense. But I am the root person for the > direct line so > > that should mean that I can make decide which wife is > the preferred, > > right? > > > > Howland Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Thompson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > To: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > Sent: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 6:56 pm > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > > > Hi Howland, > > I'll try to explain a bit better but using one of my > own blended > > families as an example > > > > Under Tools > Set Direct Line as Preferred ...... > when I set myself as > > the root person for that, then I have my Dad & my Mum > correctly > > showing for my Dad's marriage. > > > > However, if I was to use a child of one of my > half-siblings from my > > dad's first marriage, and set them as the root person > for the Tools > > > Set Direct Line as Preferred... then when I look at > my father's Family > > view, it shows his first wife, not his preferred > wife, because it is > > showing the direct line of the designated person. > > > > Hope that makes sense. > > > > Kathy > > > > On 18 August 2013 00:00, Howlanddavisii > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > It may be doing that; I don't know. 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