TonyM: > > If mother aunt and uncle exist they must be brothers and sisters. Therefor > unless you have information to the contrary they share the same parents. It > is thus fair to have unknown mother and father but they must exist. >
Ciao Tony & Bimlas, Right. Everyone has parents. Even if unknown. The problem is that there is a "switch" here from actual people known to "implied parents" if they are not recorded. *It brings out the complexity of the issue Bimlas is talking about.* For instance, in a "term chart", say you SEE ONLY that the parents of Ego are "F & M" (father and mother); then you might IMPLY their parents are "MF, MM, FF & FM" (i.e. mother's father etc) when not shown. But where do you stop? Remember this diagram is focused on ego and not very deep. > Right in a way, wrong in another. The question of DEPTH NEEDED in "Family Trees" *varies by culture*. In the Western world, they are largely "nuclear family" based. Four generations is about the limit of what most Westerners would actually know or cared about. In other cultures (usually with unilineal descent) it is often more like 10 (which would be vast & complex to capture!!! :-). It seems to me although you may not know the names of siblings parents they > can be considered to exist. > Right. The issue here is they need to be "implied". *So there is a "switch" to a different level of explanation*. That makes the actual programming quite complex IMO?? Best wishes Josiah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/61e85852-0ca0-491e-adab-219ab7535945%40googlegroups.com.
