A child always has a mother and a father. That's the way the world works. Full stop, as they say.
The father may not be a husband of the mother, lawfully wed and all. Would you agree? In the Legacy database, every child is entitled to two parents, which reflects nature. So far so good. What then, does the Legacy database do to handle children with two parents that are *not married*? That's the question, right? Here's what I do. The mother (aka "wife" in Legacy terms) and a father (aka "husband" in Legacy terms) can have a child. If they are not married, the in the "marriage" screen, open the Status dropdown list and select "unmarried". That's what I do. Set the status to unmarried. To your implied question, give the child the surname that he/she was known by. In my case, my grandmother gave her 7 illegitimage children the surname of her first husband who abandonded her before any of them were born. (She had 2 legitimate children by him before the abandonment.) These are my aunts and uncles, and I knew most of them. In the 1930's and 1940's they were given Grandma's surname, i.e. her husband's name, even though he was provably not their father. It does't matter.That was their name, so that's the name I put in Legacy. And in Legacy, their father is Grandma's "husband", but with an unmarried status. Hope this helps, Jean Suplick Plano, Texas 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
