Again, no, the wife (once unlinked from the wrong husband) has NO relationship except to her children.
Cheryl Cathy Pinner wrote: > Yes of course you can do it by unlinking and relinking but the way > you do that is important. > > If one of the parties to the new relationship has children THEY > already have a "marriage". If the children really belong to the new > relationship you are adding you must make sure that the person you > are adding is added as the other partner of that relationship. > > I think your problem is that you are going to the John Doe and then > adding him to the wife with children and creating a second > relationship for her, rather than going to the wife with children and > then adding John Doe as the partner for that existing relationship. > > Do those wives have extra relationships? > > Cathy > > At 09:34 AM 24/04/2014, you wrote: >> Cathy Pinner wrote: >>> Hi Cheryl, >> >> Hi. >> >>> >>> Did you find they had extra marriages? >> >> No; they had NO marriage. >> >>> To avoid problems like this. >> >> The easy way to avoid it was to have not misread the doc >> first time around. >> >>> >>> 1. always attach children to a couple rather than one parent if both >>> parents are in the database. If you link to just a mother or just a >>> father, you'll create an extra "marriage" for them to unknown. >>> >> >> I had/have no interest in re-keying 50 or so descendants >> just because I omitted Brother A's wife and substituted >> Brother B's wife. Unlink/link ought to be able to deal with >> that. >> >>> 2. when adding a partner to someone with children, check whether you >>> are adding them to the current "marriage" or a new one. If a new one, >>> you'll create the 1/2 kids problem. >> >> Since Brother B had no wife until I tried to link one to >> him, this ought not to have applied. >> >>> Note the checkbox: Add this person to the currently displayed marriage. >> >> Can't say I've ever seen a checkbox for that; I DO >> occasionally, at the whim of the computer, see a question >> Add this person as a Spouse to (some name here). >> >>> >> >>> Cathy >>> >>> At 11:28 PM 23/04/2014, you wrote: >>>> Thanks, Cathy, but if I'm understanding Problem 11 >>>> correctly, it doesn't apply. >>>> >>>> And, considering what happened just now, it may just be that >>>> what I'm doing is causing temporary memory/pointer/poke >>>> problems. Which ATC isn't unreasonable. >>>> >>>> Cheryl >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cathy Pinner wrote: >>>>> Hi Cheryl, >>>>> >>>>> It sounds as if you are creating extra marriages. Look at the >>>>> marriage icon in Family View. How many times does it say the wife has >>>>> been married? I suspect you are ending up having her married to an >>>>> unknown/blank with the children and then married to the right John >>>>> Deaux but not had any kids with him. >>>>> >>>>> Sounds like the John Deaux may also have two marriages - one with the >>>>> kids and no wife and one with the wife and no kids. >>>>> >>>>> When you add a partner to a person with children, you have to make >>>>> sure you are adding them to the right "family". >>>>> >>>>> There's a good right up on correcting incorrect links at >>>>> http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsRelationshipProblems.asp >>>>> >>>>> I think it's Problem 11 you need to read carefully for the initial >>>>> problem you were trying to correct but now some of the others apply. >>>>> >>>>> Cathy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At 12:38 AM 23/04/2014, you wrote: >>>>>> Occasionally I go to change a spouse who has been >>>>>> erroneously linked with the wrong John Deaux. >>>>>> >>>>>> EACH time I do that, the right John Deaux vanishes, leaving >>>>>> me with the right wife and the right children, but no Daddy. >>>>>> When I pull up Deaux-dad, the wife isn't there, but the >>>>>> kiddles are all showing as 1/2s. If I close the program and >>>>>> re-open, it corrects itself -- until I edit any of the >>>>>> children, and try to go back to the parents of whom only the >>>>>> right wife is showing. It gets tiresome. >>>>>> >>>>>> What the /flip/ am I doing wrong here?!? >>>>>> >>>>>> Running 385 (because I haven't had time to d/l an update >>>>>> over dial-up) on win7 32-bit home. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tnx >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheryl 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
