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From: Allen Mellen <>
Subject: [TMG-L:] Re: TMG-L: showing all siblings
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:35:12 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3FE5020E1F7E5E44AC688033898FEFD5464A@bob.superpcman.com>

Ashley wrote:

>I am new to both genealogy research and TMG (just bought it the other day),
>so these are probably very basic questions, but I just can't figure them out
>(hopefully I can explain them well).....
>
>Question 1: I have a family with 7 siblings of various types: 2
>half-siblings (who are natural siblings to each other), 1 adopted sibling,
>and 4 natural siblings.
>- When I use the Tree View on a half sibling, only the natural sibling to
>that individaul shows (which is the other half sibling to the family of 7),
>but the adopted sibling and the 4 natural siblings do not show.
>- When I look at the adopted sibling, no other siblings show for him, and
>when I view each of the natural siblings, only their other natural siblings
>show (not the adopted or half siblings).
>
>To summarize, only completely blood-related siblings show for individuals.
>Is there any way I can get the entire sibling list to show for an individual
>(adopted and half siblings included) and therefore see the enitre group of 7
>siblings for that family? I would also assume this will be a problem when
>producing reports too (see question 2 for similar problem). (I hope that
>makes sense........if not let me know and hopefully I can better describe
>the problem.)
By marking the adopting parent as primary you can get all the children to
appear on the same view. Unfortunately, there is no provision to include,
say, primary birth parents and primary adoptive parents -- its one or the
other. So you have to switch the primary marker, depending on what you
want to see.

>Question 2: As recommended, I first began learning TMG by entering info on
>myself and my family and then playing with the views, reports, etc. I have
>a half brother from my father's second marriage, but he never shows on the
>reports, nor in the Siblings section of the Tree View (same problem as in
>Question 1). My father's second wife appears on reports, but their child
>(my half brother) does not.
>For example, here is the output for the Reverse Register Genealogy Report
>(Allen and Alsion are my parents. Lela is my father's second wife. (info
>has been removed to protect privacy) Notice no mention of my half
>brother.):
>Allen and Alison were divorced in 1975. He married Lela on 23 Sep at
>Danville, Illinois.
>Children of Allen and Alison (see #3) were:
>* 1 i. Ashley (me).
>
>Is there a way to get my half brother to show on the reports and the
>Siblings section?
The "Reverse Register" format does not include children of other than the
ancestors of the focus person, even children of other marriages of the
ancestors. The regular descent "Register" format. however, does include
all marriages and all children. Again, you can group siblings by marking
the adoptive parent as primary.

You change the primary marker for parents of the Person View of the child.

Hope this helps,
Allen


>I fear the solutions for both questions are to produce reports for each
>individual in order to get the complete picture of a family. Please tell me
>there is an easier way.
>
>I'm sure I didn't explain this well, please let me know if the problems need
>to be better explained.




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