Re: [Gramps-users] Fw: Entering An Adopted Child

[Nick H. <nic...@ho...>]

On 14/10/12 12:59, Brad Rogers wrote:
> 1. The adoptive parents don't seem to show up when you use the
>   'Ancestry' view.
>
>
>   I was wondering why in the 'Ancestry' view the adoptive child's parents
> couldn't be displayed in the same way as a man or woman who takes a
>   second wife or husband. Some sort of corner mark etc maybe.

The Ancestry View builds up a tree of ancestors for the active person.  
Only the first family in the list of parent families is used.


>
>   2. I was some what confused with the results of the 'Birth Name' (Peter
> Anthony Paynter) and Also Known As' (also known as or adoptive name John
> Latham Dowdle). In this case in the 'Individual View' the two names all
>   ran into together eg. Given: * **Peter Anthony John Latham* and
>   Surname:*Paynter Dowdle*. Selecting/changing between Type' Also Known
>   as or Birth Name seems to make no difference. I wonder if I have done
>   something wrong?
>

Where do you see the two names run together?

Nick.