They do not need to have separate ID numbers. In my recent ancestry, first cousins married:
Ebenezer > Abner > Lyman Ebenezer > Jerusha > Jerusha Lyman and Jerusha, my 2nd GG parents married. I and all of the other descendants are fine, by the way. Ebenezer and his wife appear only once as individuals. They need only one ID number each. This is the reason why Legacy includes the option in some reports "Don't repeat duplicate lines." The farther back you go in your ancestry, especially if you get into the Middle Ages, you will have MANY duplicate lines! Merge the two individuals. CE From: Bill Wood [mailto:steamingb...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 6:25 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Same people duplicated in tree Hello, Would the following scenario be allowed in Legacy ? At the moment I have these people in as separate people with separate ID numbers - but really they are the same people. So the question is will I corrupt my Legacy database and get my ID numbers confused if I try to have this sort of "inbreeding" ? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Two cousins A and B born in 1800 - quite naturally they share the same grandparents C and D These cousins marry people called X and Y and produce offspring. After 3 generations one of A's descendants marries one of B's descendants they produce a child called Z. In Z's family tree the people called C and D will show up as 7g grandparents in both the paternal and the maternal lines in the tree . The more I think about it the more I believe that this should be quite common in smallish towns dominated by a few family names - ie some of the fishing towns in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire - I have had a go at sketching the lines below - Lets see if it turns out as I intend. Pa Cousin A Grandad Wood (C) gggg Ma ggg Spouse X Granny Wood (D) ggparent Gparent Parent Z Parent Gparent ggparent ggg Spouse Y gggg Mother Cousin B Grandad Wood (C) Father Granny Wood (D) Regards Bill Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
