> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Virginia Beck > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Illegitimate children > > Genealogy is the tracing of blood related ancestors, and all the > programs I > have seen are primarily geared for this purpose, though most have an > accomodation for adoptions. No program I know of can deal with a > child who > has no father, so one has to be entered -- either as an adoptive or birth > parent > <<<SNIP>>> You must not be familiar with Family Tree Maker and certain other such well known programs. The illegitimate child family unit is handled very easily in Family Tree Maker where a child can be entered with its mother, but with the mother's spouse field remaining blank. The program then entitles this a "spouseless relationship." Additional children of the same mother, with other spouses or other non-spouses, are entered under separate marriages/relationships pages/screens. What it amounts to is that data for each marriage/relationship is entered on a separate screen and does not require presence of a spouse, or a contrived substitute for a non-spousal name. These distinct family units are appropriately distinguished in reports. I am not suggesting the use of FTM, but am trying to assure that the original question, from Sally [[EMAIL PROTECTED]], is neither far-fetched nor unholy. Edward Burnet
