Thing is, this list is not about what does or does not constitute
genealogy/family history. It's about software and how to help others
use it to accomplish what they want it to do. I don't recall seeing a
disclaimer that said that Legacy could only be used for recording
genealogy and not family history.
Interesting that whenever somebody posts a question about how to use
Legacy to record an adopted child, a second marriage or witnesses at a
wedding - none of which have anything to do with genetics or biology -
you don't have people getting up on a soapbox about how 'genealogy is
all about genes'. It only seems to happen when somebody asks about how
best to record a same-sex marriage.....
C.G. Ouimet wrote:
The first point is that there is nothing wrong with genealogy and
family history.
The second point is that one cannot pretend to be the other.
In my "opinion" family history is the documentory of events,
influences and circumstances that occur along the genetic path that
deliveres all of us.
At 2006/07/21 19:44, you wrote:
This debate about same-sex marriages seems to pop up again and again,
and I think people are missing the point. It really doesn't make a
difference whether it 'is' or 'is not' true genealogy to record
same-sex marriages in your family tree, it's about what people choose
to record.
Nobody has the right to tell me or anybody else what we should be
researching or should be including (or not including) in our own
trees. If I want to include the favourite ice cream flavours of
everyone in my tree, that's my choice. I recall somebody on the list
asked about using Legacy to record pets - great for them!
Because this issue seems to pop up again and again, it is evident
that there are those who wish to record same-sex marriages in their
Legacy databases, and there is currently no facility to do so.
Considering that there appears to be some demand for it, perhaps this
is something that Legacy should consider addressing in a future
release. In the meantime, the discussion should be about how to help
those who wish to record same-sex marriages with a work-around until
there is a solution in the database - not whether it is 'good' or
'bad' genealogy to do so.
Dave
Tom Montgomery wrote:
Faulty logic. Both individuals have ancestors to which they have a
blood
relationship. Having no children has no bearing on it..................
Tom
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Tom Montgomery wrote:
But if the mother is not in the bloodline then actually none should
be included in the data base as there is no blood relationship to
the ancestors.
Using that logic, the "had no children" flag can be eliminated. If a
married couple had no children, only one of them can possibly be "in
the
bloodline" and the other "outsider" should therefore not be included
in the
database. And, for that matter, all relationships other than
Biological can
be eliminated as well.
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