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Linking 2 individuals in tree to same 3rd person?

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larzus

larzus Report 4 May 2012 02:36

This must have been asked a dozen times, but I'm clearly not finding the right keywords to search because no similar post is coming up.

I have worked backwards from myself on this site, just entering names as I research the branch. I have a massive offline database with user-defined fields and preparing a gedcom for upload seemed like too much work.

I am at a point in 1830 where John marries his cousin Mary. John's father and Mary's father are brothers. Their father is the one person.

How do I enter that? I've got John and Mary, I've put their fathers but how do I get the tree to link those father's as brothers? Or select the same individual to be father to them both?

BTW because I started with the new tree I can't easily use the old tree as every blank date field becomes a year 0 in the old tree. (Posted in another message)

Irene

Berniethatwas

Berniethatwas Report 4 May 2012 03:22

Hi,
And the answer at least a dozen times has been that you can't do that there here! You'll have to enter their Grandfather twice - and put a note on both. That's where the beauty of a Gedcom is apparent as GR will accept the relationship if done that way.
(Pauses to listen for screams of anger.)




B

Researching:
Avatar - George Cluni-kuni. Not from the South Hams.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 4 May 2012 04:10

Ha!

I've got notes all over my tree like.......

Jack's sister Mary married Tom who is the brother of Jack's wife Jill, their brother Fred married Janice who is sister of Tom and their sister Williamina married Joseph, who is Tom's 1st cousin..... very confusing.

My great-great grandparents are John & Margaret Smith. They had 11 children 8M 3F (1 M died as an infant). Three of their children married other Smiths...two daughters married brothers John & James Smith. Every one of the 10 named their children after John & Margaret! And....... they all lived in the same small town, in the same streets.... then those children named their children John & Margaret....neverending!

The "cousins" relationships are a nightmare to work out (thank goodness for my own software!).

larzus

larzus Report 4 May 2012 07:26

:-D :-D :-D :-D

I see. I can do that. Thank you everyone for your extreme patience in answering this question yet again.

Irene