Try creating an “adopting father” record, perhaps with just a given name of
“none”, then setting the Privacy Level on that record to “Invisible”. It will
show on your screen, but shouldn’t show on any reports.
This seems to work for all (Individual, Family, Lineage, Pedigree & Ancestor
reports) except the Descendant Report. On that report, it not only suppresses
the Invisible parent record, but also the descendant child/children. For that
report, you have to select the include invisible records and then you’ll get:
Parent
+ None
Child
Which is perhaps better than the + Unknown that you would otherwise get.
Actually, all those other reports work fine with a blank / no record and the
“just leave blank” option set under customize. I’d say this is a glitch in the
Descendants report not recognizing and properly handling that option.
From: Sue McLachlan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 4:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Solo parent adoption
Thanks all for the comments.
I understand that it will put in another person, I’m just really keen for it to
not be unknown on the report. The adoptive mother does not have a partner and
never has so putting an “unknown” partner in there is not correct. There must
be a way of getting rid of the unknown part and just leave it blank. The birth
mother and father are unknown and that’s fine, I am happy with that, but the
adoptive mother doesn’t have an unknown partner – there just isn’t one.
Maybe it is a glitch with the “just leave blank” option under customise???
Thanks for your help.
Sue
From: Ron Ferguson <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 9:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Solo parent adoption
Jay,
Whilst what you say is true, I suspect that Sue is asking a different question.
Initially she says "a solo mother" there is an implication here that this was
the situation at the time of the adoption.
If that was the case then the addition of an unknown male partner to Sue would
be incorrect.
If, Sue, that is the case, please do let us know so that we are aware of the
exact situation.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> wrote:
Sue,
Stop trying to get rid of it and look for a way to word your 'father' and
mother of the adopted child, that works well for you.
The child was not an immaculate conception, so he/she has biological parents.
Personally, I use UnknownM for the father and UnknownF for the mother as
biological parents, and then list the child as adopted underneath the mother
and her 'other'
(and even if she doesnt have any significant other relationship , the way
Legacy is currently written, you cannot get around it)
Jay
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Sue McLachlan <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I have a solo mother on my tree who has adopted a child and I can’t get rid of
the “unknown” father on the reports.
I have read past posts and tried the following:
Under customise, I have turned the unknown to just leave blank. but it still
comes up.
Tried the did not marry.
Tried leaving private, but then the daughter isn’t printed either.
I am using Legacy 7.5
Thanks for any help
Sue McLachlan (NZ)
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