Cheryl, I haven't seen that combination but if true you could add a new Relationship to Parent status of "Biological and Adopted". Now I'll have to watch for that one in my research. Thanks.
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:31 PM, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: Be it known and REMEMBERED that it is not usually /clear/ whether the adoptive status is applicable to both parents or to one, and if only to one, which? Some states required the biological parent to co-adopt the child, thus making the child both biological and adopted. Cheryl Ron Taylor wrote: > Sherry, > I will send you a detailed example of the step children > issue. I hope you will take the time to examine and > understand the scenario so it might get fixed. > > The request to show relationship to parent on family tab has > been asked before and may already be in the list of > enhancements wanted. If not, please do push it along. As for > changing the name of Child Status to Birth Status, that is > not to urgent but how it is used is important. I see lots of > users that have added "Adopted" and other designations to > the Child Status list just so it will display in the Family > tab but that can be wrong when it is not both parents that > have adopted the child. Most of the time, it is one > biological parent that has re-married and the new spouse > adopts the children. That is why having the Relationship to > Parent fields should always be used even if the adoption is > by both parents so it is consistent. The Child Status that I > mentioned called "Sibling same name" is great for those > families where a name has been used more than once for > different children. Looking at one of those families, it is > obvious that the same name was already detected and > documented versus a mistake in recording. > > Ron Taylor > On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 4:13 PM, Sherry/Support > <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to submit suggestion forms on these ideas, Ron, > I'll pass > them on to the programmers (one per form please) > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Ron Taylor > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The "Child Status" should really be labelled "Birth > Status" which would have > > settings like Twin, Triplet, Stillborn, Stillborn Twin, > Stillborn Triplet, > > and blank (single live birth). In my databases, I have > added 2 new child > > status: "Sibling same name" and "Sibling same name > opposite gender". These > > allow me to flag those children in families where they > had more than one > > child and re-used the name. They should not be merged. > And there are some > > group sheets where children of different genders have the > same name probably > > because the compiler did not know which gender was > correct or there may have > > actually been multiple children with the same name and > different genders. > > > > The "Relationship to Father" and "Relationship to Mother" > status will have > > settings like Adopted, Foster, and blank (Biological). > One other > > relationship status that needs some work by Millennia is > "Step". It can be > > used to properly indicate children in a household that > are from a prior > > marriage of one of the parents. The 1/2 kids function of > Legacy does not > > distinguish between children of a prior marriage versus > children of a later > > marriage. Children of a later marriage are not considered > step children to > > any of the prior marriages. > > > > The relationship status is not displayed (wish it were) > on the Family tab. > > It can be displayed on reports and the Chronology tab. > > > > Ron Taylor 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
