Hi Bruce, Are you worried by the 1/2 children on the screen in Family View? This is just a screen aid to show the children of each of the main couple. The half on the screen doesn't mean step-sibling or half-sibling but covers both. It doesn't show a household that actually existed - the children may never have lived together - just the offspring of both of the main couple. If it doesn't aid you, turn off viewing 1/2 kids. (Right click on a child and look for View on the menu that pops up). So long as the child isn't added to a particular relationship by giving the child a second set of parents (even if one is the same) then they'll show properly in reports. If you have given the child two sets of parents, in this situation they'll show in Family View twice - once as a 1/2 and once as a full.
Note if you follow Brian's instructions (which I think are the best), you can have the Unknown/non-existent spouse show as either Unknown or blank. See Options - Customise 3.11. This "person" doesn't have a RIN but the relationship has an MRIN. Once you enter "unknown" or something yourself, then they do have a RIN. Cathy Brian/Support wrote: > > If you know the father of the child Jenny Benson's answer is what you > should do. If you do not know the father though here is how you can link > the child to the mother and an "unknown" spouse. > > Unlink the child from all his existing parents > Select the child in Family View (his parent area should be empty) > Right click on the child and select Add Mother > Use the Link to an Existing person button > Choose the mother from the Name list that opens > Click the select button to add him/her as a child of the mother. This > will create a "marriage" between the mother and an unknown > (non-existent) spouse. The person will be a child of this union. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > On 10/01/2015 12:55 PM, W. Bruce Matson wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I wonder if someone could advise me as to how to enter a child born >> out of wed-lock. >> After this child was born the Mother married and had several children >> by this union. >> Until this week I thought that this infant was part of that first >> marriage which I had already entered as such. Now I discover that the >> child had a different (and unknown) father. To complicate things even >> more, the Mother divorced >> and remarried another person and again several children were born. I >> realize that any children >> born will show as child or child 1/2 depending on who the "preferred >> spouse" is. Here, is my >> problem; I can un-link the child in question but is there a way to >> show this individual (other than >> in a Note) and not as belonging to another family as a 1/2 sibling? >> I thought that I could unlink the individual, create another spouse, >> albeit an Unk spouse, and re-link >> the child here. That didn't work. No matter what I do, the child in >> question, relinks as belonging to >> one of the other family's.This is an important person in showing the >> correct continuity of the ancestral line. >> As it stands now, it appears that I have a "step sister" marrying a >> "step brother" when I create a Relationship >> chart! >> This Mother and child (especially the child) are very important but >> how do I keep them separate from the two marriages >> and other children that her Mother was later part of? >> I'm using Legacy 8 installed on Windows 8.1 >> Thanks for your help >> >> Bruce Matson > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
