Paula -- Yes, using "only oldest" Northern Ireland didn't show up.
Yep, I'm sure I had my son highlighted as the target. When I hi-lighted any of the grands, India showed as 50% -- as I expected it to do with my son. I don't know whether that's deliberate or a bug, but either way, it's odd. Cheryl Paula Ryburn wrote: > Cheryl, > So, Northern Ireland did not show up? Which is correct, right? > But you were expecting India to show up? Are you sure you > selected your son as the target person & not yourself? > Can you select your husband as target person & see if India > shows up for him? > I wonder if Legacy just doesn't recognize India?? (that > makes no sense) > --Paula > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* singhals <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, December 5, 2014 9:31 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited > > Mornin', Paula. Oddly, yours is the only response. > > Please wait ... Testing ... There's still something wrong. > > With "only oldest" and 7 generations selected, I get his > origins as VA, WV, PA, and MD. All true ON MY SIDE. No > mention of the other half of his origins (India). > > At 9 generations and still only oldest, I get USA, England, > and Germany. Again India is missing. > > At 12 gens, all origins are England. At 13 gens it finds no > recognizable places > > Odd. > > Cheryl > > > > Paula Ryburn wrote: > > Cheryl, I don't know if you received responses on this post, > > but you could try to track down the Northern Ireland > > ancestor but runnin successive Origins Reports, with your > > son selected. Set "Origin Scope" to the third choice, > > "only... oldest generation". Then look back (say) 2 > > generations. Preview. Northern Ireland flag showing? No... 3 > > generations, then 4 generations... keep looking back > > generation by generation until Northern Ireland shows up. > > Then take a look at those folks for clues. (use pedigree > > chart from your son back to that generation...? or pedigree > > view) > > > > The report shows just what I suspected for my daughter's > > ancestry, both in the "only... oldest" setting and in the > > "all ancestors" setting (accumulation of generations). > --Paula > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* singhals <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2014 1:41 PM > > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited > > > > I didn't want to start a discussion sure to provide heat > > just before I scooted out of town for a month, so I'm > > backtracking here to what Brian quoted in the discussion on > > Ethnicity back in early October. > > > > >> split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all the > > >> ancestral birth > > >> places in your family file and let you know what > > >> percentage of each > > >> nationality makes up your heritage." > > > > > > > > I'm puzzled by just exactly what that report is gathering. > > > > I ran an Origins report on my son. I was quite surprised to > > learn he has/had an ancestor from Northern Ireland. > > > > So I did a search on Individual > birthplace > contains > > "Ireland" and got two hits. Both the hits for an Irish > > birthplace are in fact part of the family -- but are NOT one > > of his ancestors. One person is the 5ggf of my uncle's > > ex-son-in-law. The other is the brother of an ancestor of > > my GM's brother's wife. More, neither of them specify > > "Northern" Ireland, all I have is "Ireland". Even if both > > of them were born before Northern Ireland officially split > > off Ireland ... neither of them is in any way, shape, or > > form an ancestor of my son's. > > > > Just sayin' ... > > > > 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
