I agree completely that the direct relationship should be the one displaying. I reported this a while ago as a bug, I'm sorry to hear that it's part of the programming. If I didn't always set direct line as preferred before I set relationships when I add people to my family tree, I might never have noticed this. I'm sure there are many more of these than the ones I happened upon. Becky In a message dated 2/16/2009 6:14:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wood...@msn.com writes:
I have just heard from Brian at Legacy that the program shows the CLOSEST relationship rather than the DIRECT relationship. There is no other option! We need to let Legacy know that what is easier for programmers (CLOSEST) is not what genealogists need (DIRECT). They need to have DIRECT as the default setting with an option for CLOSEST. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: _Vivian White_ (mailto:vwhit...@gmail.com) To: _legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com_ (mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com) Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships And then the problem is compounded when Legacy finds the closest relationship to one person in the marriage. Speaking of Direct Ancestors which should always be grandparents, if it find the closest relationship to one person in the relationship is an aunt/uncle or cousin, then the spouse is Wife/husband of which indicates no blood relationship. If I didn't have Set Direct Relationship as Preferred, I would never know by looking at the relationship printed that the person was my grandparent. There must be a way to correct this, as I have used many other programs and they do display and calculate the relationship correctly. Viv On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:26 PM, CE WOOD <_wood...@msn.com_ (mailto:wood...@msn.com) > wrote: > The problem is that there is no way to have the program show the DIRECT line > rather than the CLOSEST line. When set to Set Relationships at 1, the > CLOSEST relationship is returned rather than the preferred DIRECT > relationship. > > The DIRECT relationship should be the default. CLOSEST relationship should > be an available OPTION. > > Carolyn > >> If the program "knows" the she is my grandmother, why does it display >> the aunt relationship on the family screen? I'm thinking it is finding >> the closest relationship which is the 12th great grandaunt instead of >> the logical 14th great grand mother. > > > Because you asked it to. Quoting your first message on this thread: > "First, I have set Set direct line as preferred, Set Relationships is at > 20." > > It is reporting ALL relationships up to 20, as you asked it to do. > > -- > Gene Y. > n2kvs > Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with > Legacy Family Tree > _http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/_ (http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/) > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp) > Archived messages: > _http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/) > Online technical support: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp) > To unsubscribe: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp) > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp) > Archived messages: > _http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/) > Online technical support: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp) > To unsubscribe: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp) Legacy User Group guidelines: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp) Archived messages: _http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/) Online technical support: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp) To unsubscribe: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp) Legacy User Group guidelines: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp) Archived messages: _http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/) Online technical support: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp) To unsubscribe: _http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=fe bemailfooterNO62) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
