Y'all are making such a fuss. Do the other database programs have options to have the relationship as domestic partner, lover, live-in boyfriend, wife-wife, husband-husband etc? If so, then switch to one of those if it serves your purposes. I have had no problem with Legacy in this regard. I agree with Don. When you start changing the traditional definitions you are opening a can of worms. Legal definitions vary from state to state (and country to country). Most of our research occurs in the past when traditional definitions were in place. You can easily edit sentence definitions to accommodate anything you want.
Each child has a set of biological parents no matter if you know who they are or not. A child can have adoptive parents which is easily handled. You can easily have a single parent that raised a child with or without the benefit of a marriage certificate. If you have a couple of the same sex that have adopted a child (or perhaps one of those is the biological parent as well) you can easily arrange that in Legacy with some wording changes. Even if you have this type of relationship, it will be the exception not the rule. The overwhelming majority of the relationships in your database will be a more traditional situation. Bottom line, if Legacy doesn't meet your needs then switch to something that does. You can make suggestions to Legacy but they are under no obligation to act of these suggestions (trust me I know, I have suggested several things that haven't been implemented). If I felt that strongly about these suggestions I would switch to another software that has what I need. That is the nice thing about having different options to choose from. michele 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
