From: Jim W. <jim...@gm...> - 2006-05-16 12:04:57
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On 5/12/06, Damon Riley <da...@da...> wrote: > Hi. I'm not sure how to enter this data into GRAMPS. > > In my sources I have a Child, described as the offspring of Alice and > Bob. I don't know whether Alice and Bob are married. > > Child was raised by Alice's brother Christopher and Christopher's wife, > Donna. > > I don't know whether the child was adopted by Christopher and Donna. > > Donna belongs to my wife's family, so Child, Alice, and Bob are not > blood relations of ours. > > How do I enter this Child in GRAMPS so that she's listed as a part of > Christopher and Donna's family, but also as the daughter of Alice and Bob= ? > > Is this possible? Should I just list her as offspring of Christopher > and Donna as "relationship unknown" and then put in a note? > > Thanks, > > -- Damon > Damon, No genealogy program handles everything that can come up in our crazy family relationships. Notes is the best place to show this kind of situation. I would create Child as a child of Alice and Bob with a note in their Marriage event about your uncertainty as to their marital status. Then I would show Child as adopted by Christopher and Donna, again with a note that you have not determined if the adoption was formal or not. This method shows Child under both sets of parents and, if you choose to print Notes, shows why they are listed as they are. Genealogy is a building process. Much of it will never be figured out but the process is what drives us. Use Notes to record any scraps of information, your assumptions, other peoples inputs, peripheral date and the like. I find storing this stuff with the person affected makes it a lot easier to find and to edit as I find new stuff. JIm |